FOLLOW JESUS
NO MATTER THE COST
LEAVE BEHIND THE REST
ROSE THROWN DOWN
I WORSHIP AT YOUR FOOTSTOOL
I SEE A ROSE THROWN DOWN
BY YOUR FEET
I PICK IT UP
AND SMELL IT
IT IS SO SWEET …. TO YOU
TRAMPLED, THROWN DOWN
SCORNED AND MOCKED
TRAMPLED UNDER PEOPLE’S FEET
BUT TO YOU, O LORD
IT SMELLS …. SO SWEET
I WORSHIP YOU
I WORSHIP YOU, O LORD
I WORSHIP YOU
IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH
I WORSHIP YOU
I WORSHIP YOU
LIKE PERFUME POURED OUT
THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST
THE FRAGRANCE OF CHRIST
________
PROTECTION:
INTRIGUES OF MEN & ACCUSING TONGUES
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||
THE
LORD SHALL FIGHT FOR ME AND I SHALL HOLD MY PEACE AND BE AT REST.
|
EX
14:14
|
|
LORD,
FOIL THE SIGNS OF FALSE PROPHETS
MAKE
FOOLS OF DIVINERS
OVERTHROW
THE LEARNING OF THE WISE
AND
TURN IT INTO NONSENSE
CARRY
OUT THE WORDS OF YOUR SERVANTS
AND
FULFILL THE PREDICTIONS OF YOUR MESSENGERS
|
ISA
44:25-26
|
|
WHEN I
AM BROUGHT BEFORE SYNAGOGUES, RULERS, AUTHORITIES AND … I WILL NOT WORRY
ABOUT HOW I WILL DEFEND MYSELF OR WHAT I WILL SAY, FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL
TEACH ME AT THAT TIME WHAT I SHOULD SAY. FOR I WILL GIVE YOU WORDS
AND WISDOM THAT NONE OF YOUR ADVERSARIES WILL BE ABLE TO RESIST OR
CONTRADICT.
|
LUKE
12:11
LUKE
21:15
|
|
HOLY
SPIRIT, LET NO ONE STAND UP AGAINST MY WISDOM OR THE SPIRIT BY WHICH I
SPEAK. I WILL OBEY YOUR LEADING. MAKE MY MOUTH LIKE A
SHARPENED SWORD.
|
ACTS
6:10
ISA
49:2
|
|
MY
PURPOSE OR ACTIVITY IS FROM GOD. NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP
ME. THEY WILL ONLY FIND THEMSELVES FIGHTING AGAINST
GOD. I PUT ON THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD.
|
ACTS
5:38-39
EPH 6
|
|
I BIND
AND GAG THE STRONGMAN OF … OPERATING THROUGH …
|
MATT
16:18
|
|
I AM
OBSERVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LORD MY GOD. BUT THEY HAVE
FORSAKEN HIM. GOD IS WITH ME. HE IS MY
LEADER. GOD’S PRIESTS WITH THEIR TRUMPETS WILL SOUND THE BATTLE
CRY AGAINST THEM. I SPEAK TO YOU, MEN, DO NOT FIGHT AGAINST THE
LORD, FOR YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED.
|
2 CHRON
13:11-12
|
|
GOD HAS
TOLD ME TO … (HURRY) SO STOP OPPOSING GOD, WHO IS WITH ME, OR HE WILL DESTROY
YOU.
|
2 CHRON
35:2
|
|
LORD,
HAVING DONE ALL TO STAND, I STAND ON YOUR WORD. CONTEND WITH THOSE
WHO CONTEND WITH ME; FIGHT AGAINST THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST ME. BE
MY SHIELD AND BUCKLER.
|
PS
35:1-2
|
|
I
LISTEN TO YOU ONLY. THE VOICE OF A STRANGER I WILL NOT
FOLLOW. EVERY PLANT THAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS NOT PLANTED WILL BE
PULLED UP BY THE ROOTS. BLIND GUIDES WILL GIVE BIRTH TO
WIND. THEY SOW THE WIND AND THEY REAP THE
WHIRLWIND. BUT I SOW THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WORD BECOMES
FLESH. IT WILL NOT RETURN VOID.
|
MARK
4:24
LUKE
8:18
JOHN
10:5
HOSEA
8:7
MATT
13:3-23
JOHN 1:14
|
|
GOD YOU
ARE NOT MAN THAT YOU SHOULD LIE, NOR A SON OF MAN THAT YOU SHOULD CHANGE YOUR
MIND. DO YOU SPEAK AND THEN NOT ACT? DO YOU PROMISE AND
NOT FULFILL?
|
NUMBER
23:19-21
|
|
I HAVE
BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH THE VERY WORDS OF GOD. … LET GOD BE TRUE AND
EVERY MAN A LIAR. EXPOSE THEIR LIES, LORD.
|
ROM
3:2-3
ISA
28:16-21
|
|
HOW
GREAT YOU ARE O SOVEREIGN LORD! THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU, AND
THERE IS NO GOD BUT YOU. I KNOW NOT ONE!
|
2 SAM
7:22
|
|
PROTECTION:
AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW
|
||
I AM A
SON OF GOD LED BY YOUR SPIRIT, O LORD. I SUBMIT TO THE FATHER OF
MY SPIRIT AND LIVE.
|
(ROM
8:14)
(HEBR
12:9)
|
|
AS I
LIVE BY YOUR SPIRIT I WILL NOT GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE SINFUL NATURE.
|
(GAL
5:16-17)
|
|
THE
FRUIT OF YOUR SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS,
FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS AND SELF CONTROL. AGAINST SUCH THERE IS
NO LAW.
|
(GAL
5:22)
|
|
SINCE I
LIVE BY YOUR SPIRIT LET ME KEEP IN STEP WITH YOUR SPIRIT.
|
(GAL
5:25)
|
|
I WALK
IN AGAPE LOVE, WHICH NEVER FAILS. I BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE ME; I DO
GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE ME; I PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE
ME. THE DEVIL CAN’T TOUCH ME.
|
(JOHN
14:21)
|
|
LET MY
GENTLENESS BE EVIDENT TO ALL. LORD YOU ARE NEAR. I WILL
NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING. I WILL PRAY, WITH
THANKSGIVING. LORD, LET YOUR PEACE WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL
UNDERSTANDING GUARD MY HEART AND MIND. LET THE GOD OF PEACE BE
WITH ME.
|
(PHIL
4:4-9)
|
|
FOR THE
ONLY THING THAT COUNTS IS FAITH EXPRESSING ITSELF THROUGH
LOVE. THE MOST EXCELLENT WAY IS LOVE (AGAPE).
|
(GAL
5:6)
|
|
LOVE IS
PATIENT, LOVE IS KIND. IT DOES NOT ENVY, IT DOES NOT BOAST, IT IS
NOT PROUD. IT IS NOT RUDE, IT IS NOT SELF SEEKING, IT IS NOT
EASILY ANGERED, IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF WRONGS. LOVE DOES NOT
DELIGHT IN EVIL BUT REJOICES WITH THE TRUTH. IT ALWAYS PROTECTS,
ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES. LOVE NEVER FAILS.
|
(1 COR
13:4-8)
|
|
LORD,
DIRECT MY HEART INTO GOD’S LOVE AND CHRIST’S PERSEVERANCE.
|
(2
THESS 3:5)
|
|
STAND
AT MY SIDE AND GIVE ME STRENGTH. LET ME BE STRENGTHENED WITH ALL
POWER ACCORDING TO YOUR GLORIOUS MIGHT SO THAT I MAY HAVE GREAT ENDURANCE AND
PATIENCE.
|
(2 TIM
4:17;
COL
1:11)
|
|
LET MY
CONVERSATION BE ALWAYS FULL OF GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT SO THAT I MAY KNOW
HOW TO ANSWER EVERYONE. HELP ME KEEP A TIGHT REIGN ON MY TONGUE. A
WISE MAN’S HEART GUIDES HIS MOUTH. HE WHO GUARDS HIS LIPS GUARDS
HIS LIFE. SET A GUARD OVER MY MOUTH, O LORD; KEEP WATCH OVER THE
DOOR OF MY LIPS. MAY THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH AND THE MEDITATION OF
MY HEART BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT, O LORD, MY ROCK AND MY REDEEMER.
|
(COL
4:6
JAMES
1:26;
PS
141:3;
PROV
13:3;
PROV
16:23;
PS
19:14)
|
|
FOR I
AM NOT TRYING TO PLEASE MEN BUT GOD WHO TESTS MY HEART.
|
(1
THESS 2:4)
|
|
PROTECTION:
AGAINST SUCH THERE IS NO LAW
|
||
BUILD
ME IN FAITH AND THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD UNTIL I BECOME
MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF CHRIST: THEN, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN
LOVE I WILL IN ALL THINGS GROW UP INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, THAT IS, CHRIST.
|
(EPH
4:11-15)
|
|
I SET
MY HEART ON THINGS ABOVE, WHERE CHRIST IS SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND OF
GOD. I SET MY MIND ON THINGS ABOVE, NOT ON EARTHLY
THINGS. FOR I DIED AND MY LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN
GOD. I PUT ON THE NEW SELF WHICH IS BEING RENEWED IN KNOWLEDGE IN
THE IMAGE OF MY CREATOR.
|
(COL
3:1-3)
(COL.
3:10)
(COL.
3:14-15)
|
|
IF I AM
INSULTED BECAUSE OF THE NAME OF CHRIST, I AM BLESSED, FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY
AND OF GOD RESTS ON ME.
|
(1
PETER 4:14)
(MATT.
5:10-12)
|
|
FOR MY
LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR ME AN ETERNAL GLORY THAT FAR
OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL. SO I FIX MY EYES NOT ON WHAT IS SEEN, BUT ON WHAT
IS UNSEEN. FOR WHAT IS SEEN IS TEMPORARY, BUT WHAT IS UNSEEN IS
ETERNAL.
|
(2 COR
4:17-18)
|
|
IN
PURITY, UNDERSTANDING, PATIENCE, AND KINDNESS; IN THE HOLY SPIRIT AND IN
SINCERE LOVE; IN TRUTHFUL SPEECH AND IN THE POWER OF GOD; WITH WEAPONS OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE RIGHT HAND AND IN THE LEFT.
|
(2 COR
6:6-7)
|
|
FOR GOD
YOU HAVE MADE ME ALIVE WITH CHRIST. YOU HAVE RAISED ME UP WITH CHRIST AND
SEATED ME WITH HIM IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS IN CHRIST JESUS, FAR ABOVE ALL
PRINCIPALITIES, ALL POWERS, ALL MIGHT, ALL DOMINION AND EVERY NAME THAT IS
NAMED.
|
(EPH
2:5-6)
(EPH
1:20-23)
|
|
I AM
STRONG IN YOU LORD AND IN YOUR MIGHTY POWER. I PUT ON THE FULL
ARMOUR OF GOD SO THAT I CAN TAKE MY STAND AGAINST THE DEVIL’S
SCHEMES. FOR MY 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. I RESIST THE DEVIL, STANDING FIRM IN THE
FAITH. I SUBMIT MYSELF TO YOU GOD AND HE WILL FLEE FROM ME.
|
(EPH
6:10-18)
(1
PETER 5:9)
(JAMES
4:7)
|
|
I TAKE
UP THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: WHATEVER I BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND
IN HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER I LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN.
|
(MATT
16:18-19)
(MATT
18:18)
|
|
ALTHOUGH
I LIVE IN THIS WORLD I DO NOT WAGE WAR AS THE WORLD DOES. FOR THE WEAPONS I
FIGHT WITH ARE NOT THE WEAPONS OF THIS WORLD. ON THE CONTRARY,
THEY HAVE DIVINE POWER TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS. I DEMOLISH
ARUMENTS AND EVERY PRETENSION THAT SETS ITSELF UP AGAINST THE KNOWLEDGE OF
GOD AND I TAKE CAPTIVE EVERY THOUGHT TO MAKE IT OBEDIENT TO CHRIST.
|
(2 COR
10:3-5)
|
|
FOR
GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD. EVERYONE
BORN OF GOD OVERCOMES THE WORLD.
|
(1 JOHN
4:4)
(1 JOHN
5:4)
|
|
PROTECTION:
THE WORD IS GOD
|
||
THE
WORD OF GOD THAT I SPEAK IS LIVING AND ACTIVE. SHARPER THAN ANY
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD.
|
(HEBR
4:12-13)
|
|
YOUR
WORD IS LIKE FIRE, AND LIKE A HAMMER THAT SMASHES THE (FLESHLY) ROCK IN
PIECES.
|
(JER
23:29)
|
|
THE
ENEMY’S ROCK (FLESHLY WORD) IS NOT LIKE OUR ROCK (WORD OF
GOD) AS EVEN OUR ENEMIES CONCEDE.
|
(DEUT
32:31)
|
|
THE
ENEMY BOASTED, I WILL PURSUE, I WILL OVERTAKE THEM. I WILL DIVIDE
THE SPOILS; I WILL GORGE MYSELF ON THEM. I WILL DRAW MY SWORD AND
MY HAND WILL DESTROY THEM. BUT YOU BLEW WITH YOUR BREATH, AND THE
SEA COVERED THEM. THEY SANK LIKE LEAD IN THE MIGHTY
WATERS. WHO AMONG THE GODS IS LIKE YOU, O LORD? WHO IS
LIKE YOU – MAJESTIC IN HOLINESS, AWESOME IN GLORY, WORKING WONDERS.
|
(EX
15:9-11)
|
|
NOT BY
MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. WHAT ARE YOU O
MIGHTY MOUNTAIN? BEFORE ME, YOU WILL BECOME LEVEL
GROUND. GOD BLESS, GOD BLESS THE CORNERSTONE, JESUS CHRIST!
|
(ZEC
4:6-7)
(ISA
45:1-3)
|
|
LORD, I LAY A STONE IN (CIRCUMSTANCES), A TESTED STONE, A
PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE FOR A SURE FOUNDATION; THE ONE WHO TRUSTS WILL NEVER BE
DISMAYED. YOU WILL MAKE JUSTICE THE MEASURING LINE AND
RIGHTEOUSNESS THE PLUMB LINE. I COMMAND ‘HAIL! SWEEP AWAY THEIR
REFUGE, THE LIE.’ ‘WATER! OVERFLOW THEIR HIDING PLACE.’ ‘THEIR
COVENANT WITH DEATH WILL BE ANNULLED; THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THE GRAVE WILL NOT
STAND. WHEN THE OVERWHELMING SCOURGE SWEEPS BY THEY WILL BE BEATEN
DOWN BY IT.’
|
I
SPEAK:
(ISA
28:16-19)
(JOHN
6:63)
(ACTS
5:38)
(2
CHRON 35:2)
(2
CHRON 13:12)
(ROM
3:2-3)
(NUM
23:19-20)
|
|
CONTEND
O LORD WITH THOSE WHO CONTEND WITH ME; FIGHT AGAINST THOSE WHO FIGHT AGAINST
ME. BE MY SHIELD AND BUCKLER.
|
(PS
35:1-2)
|
|
NO ONE
WHOSE HOPE IS IN YOU WILL EVER BE PUT TO SHAME, BUT THEY WILL BE PUT TO SHAME
WHO ARE TREACHEROUS WITHOUT EXCUSE.
|
(PS
25:3)
|
|
THE SON IS THE RADIANCE OF GOD’S GLORY AND THE EXACT
REPRESENTATION OF HIS BEING, SUSTAINING ALL THINGS BY HIS POWERFUL
WORD. REV. 19: HE IS FAITHFUL AND TRUE. HE IS DRESSED
IN A ROBE DIPPED IN BLOOD AND HIS NAME IS THE WORD OF GOD. OUT OF
HIS MOUTH COMES A SHARP SWORD. ON HIS ROBE AND ON HIS THIGH HE HAS
THIS NAME WRITTEN: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
|
(HEBR
1:3)
(REV
19:11)
(REV
19:13)
(REV
19:15)
(REV
19:16)
|
|
THEREFORE,
SINCE WE HAVE A GREAT HIGH PRIEST, JESUS THE SON OF GOD, LET US HOLD FIRMLY
TO THE FAITH WE PROFESS. LET US HOLD UNSWERVINGLY TO THE HOPE WE
PROFESS, FOR HE WHO PROMISED IS FAITHFUL.
|
(HEBR
4:14)
(HEBR
10:23)
|
|
PROTECTION:
VICTIMISATION & OPPRESSION
|
||
THE
FOUNDATIONS OF THE EARTH ARE YOURS LORD; UPON THEM YOU HAVE SET THE
WORLD. YOU WILL GUARD THE FEET OF YOUR SAINTS BUT THE WICKED WILL
BE SILENCED IN DARKNESS.
|
(1 SAM
9-10)
(ACTS
5:38-39)
|
|
IT IS
NOT BY STRENGTH THAT ONE PREVAILS; THOSE WHO OPPOSE THE LORD WILL BE
SHATTERED. HE WILL THUNDER AGAINST THEM FROM HEAVEN; THE LORD WILL
JUDGE THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
|
(1 SAM
9-10)
|
|
AT YOUR
COMMAND, LORD, GIDEON WITH AN ARMY OF 300 MEN, WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD,
THE LORD’S WORD AND THE LORD’S PROMISED VICTORY, TOTALLY SHATTERED THE
OPPOSING MIDIANITE ARMY OF ± 135 THOUSAND MEN.
|
(JUDGES
6 – 8)
(JER
51:34)
(ISA
51:12-16)
|
|
LORD
ALMIGHTY YOU WILL LASH (SHATTER) THOSE THAT OPPOSE YOUR WORD WITH A WHIP AS
WHEN YOU STRUCK DOWN MIDIAN AT THE ROCK OF OREB; AND YOU WILL RAISE YOUR
STAFF OVER THE WATERS AS YOU DID IN EGYPT. IN THAT DAY, THEIR
BURDEN WILL BE LIFTED FROM MY SHOULDERS, THEIR YOKE FROM MY NECK; THEIR YOKE
WILL BE BROKEN. NOT BY MIGHT BUT BY YOUR SPIRIT.
|
(ISA
10:26-27)
|
|
IT IS
THE ANOINTING THAT BREAKS THE YOKE. I LIFT THIS OIL TO YOU AND I
GIVE YOU THANKS. I SPEAK ANOINT IT WITH THE ANOINTING FOR
BREAKTHROUGH, IN JESUS NAME, FOR GOD IS THE LORD OF THE BREAKTHROUGH (1 CHRON
14:11). THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE THE LORD HAS
ANOINTED ME (ISA 61:1-2). I ANOINT MY FOREHEAD WITH OIL. I MOVE IN THE
ANOINTING THAT REMOVES BURDENS AND DESTROYS YOKES (ISA 10:27; ISA 58:6; ISA
9:4; ISA 45:2).
|
(EX
36:38)
(EX
29:6)
(REV
22:4)
(PS
105:15)
(ISA
30:9-14)
|
|
I
COMMAND IN JESUS NAME, AS IN THE DAY OF MIDIAN’S DEFEAT, THE YOKE THAT
BURDENS ME BE SHATTERED, THE BAR ACROSS MY SHOULDERS BE SHATTERED, THE ROD OF
THE OPPRESSOR BE SHATTERED. GOD YOU WILL DO IT.
|
(ISA
9:4)
|
|
WHAT I
BIND ON EARTH IS BOUND IN HEAVEN, WHAT I LOOSE ON EARTH IS LOOSED IN HEAVEN.
|
(MATT
18:18)
|
|
I
COMMAND THE CHAINS OF INJUSTICE LOOSED. I UNTIE THE CORDS OF THE
YOKE. BE UNTIED, IN JESUS NAME. I WILL BE SET
FREE. THE YOKE IS BROKEN, IN JESUS NAME. I TEAR OFF MY
BONDS (SHAKLES). I COMMAND THEM TORN OFF COMPLETELY, IN JESUS
NAME.
|
(ISA
58:6)
(JER
30:8)
(NAHUM
1:13)
|
|
GIVE ME
STRENGTH LORD AND EXALT THE HORN OF YOUR ANOINTED.
|
(1 SAM
9-10)
|
|
IN
PERFECT FAITHFULNESS, LORD, YOU DO MARVELOUS THINGS. HOW GREAT YOU
ARE O SOVEREIGN LORD! THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU, AND THERE IS NO
GOD BUT YOU.
|
(ISA
25:1)
(PS
57:10)
|
|
I SPEAK
BLOOD COVENANT WORD: ISA 9:4; ISA 10:26; ACTS 5:38-39. IT IS
WRITTEN. I STAND ON THAT WORD. YOU WILL DO
IT. AMEN.
|
(ISA
51:9-16)
|
|
PROTECTION:
VICTIMISATION & OPPRESSION
|
||
O LORD,
GOD OF ISRAEL, THERE IS NO GOD LIKE YOU IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH – YOU WHO KEEP
YOUR COVENANT OF LOVE WITH YOUR SERVANTS WHO CONTINUE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN YOUR
WAY.
|
(2
CHRON 6:14)
|
|
I
CHOOSE TO LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, NOT BY THE FLESH.
|
||
YOU
GUARD THE LIVES OF YOUR FAITHFUL ONES AND DELIVER THEM FROM THE HAND OF THE
WICKED. GUARD ME AND DELIVER ME FROM THE HAND OF THE WICKED, IN JESUS NAME.
|
(PS
97:10)
|
|
NO ONE
WHOSE HOPE IS IN YOU WILL EVER BE PUT TO SHAME. BUT THEY WILL BE
PUT TO SHAME WHO ARE TREACHEROUS WITHOUT EXCUSE.
|
(PS
25:3)
|
|
THE
LORD IS MY HELPER; I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME?
|
(HEBR
13:6)
(ISA
51:12-13)
|
|
THE
COWERING PRISONER WILL SOON BE SET FREE. PUT YOUR WORDS IN MY
MOUTH AND COVER ME WITH THE SHADOW OF YOUR HAND.
|
(ISA
51:14,16)
|
|
NOW
LORD, CONSIDER THEIR THREATS AND ENABLE YOUR SERVANT TO SPEAK YOUR WORD WITH
GREAT BOLDNESS. STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND TO HEAL AND PERFORM
MIRACULOUS SIGNS AND WONDERS THROUGH THE NAME OF YOUR HOLY SERVANT JESUS.
|
(ACTS
4:29-30)
(ACTS
5:38-39)
|
|
ITS
WHAT I BELIEVE IN THE WORD I SPEAK. I HAVE FAITH IN THE WORDS I
SPEAK, IN THE WORD OF GOD. THE POWER OF THE WORD, THE POWER OF THE
HOLY SPIRIT IN MY MOUTH, IS POWERFUL. THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME
OF JESUS. THE WORDS IN MY MOUTH, WITH HIM IN MY HEART, IS
POWERFUL, IN THE NAME OF JESUS. I HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD
WITHIN ME. I HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT INSIDE ME FROM WHEN BORN
AGAIN. I RELEASE THE POWER WITHIN ME. IF I DON’T SPEAK
IT, IT STAYS INSIDE. THE POWER IS WITHIN ME. I RELEASE
THE POWER OF GOD BY SPEAKING IT. I GIVE THE COMMAND, IN JESUS
NAME.
|
(TESTIMONIES
FROM TWO WOMEN AT PROPHET JOSHUA’S TEACHING ON MIRACLES, EXPLAINING THE
MIRACLE THAT HAPPENED).
|
|
I TAKE
UP FAITH AS SMALL AS A MUSTARD SEED, AND I SAY ‘I COMMAND YOU, MOUNTAIN, BE
REMOVED AND BE CAST IN THE SEA! IN THE NAME OF JESUS!’ AND IT IS
WRITTEN: IT WILL MOVE. NOTHING WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME.
|
(2 COR
5:7)
(ROM
1:17)
(MATT
17:20)
|
|
LORD
GOD, THE HOLY SPIRIT HOVERED, YOU COMMANDED ‘LIGHT BE’ AND THERE WAS
LIGHT. YOU SENT FORTH YOUR WORD AND HEALED. I AM MADE
IN YOUR IMAGE: JOHN 15:7; JOB 22:21-30.
|
(GEN
1:1-2)
(PS
107:20)
|
|
ALL
AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH HAS BEEN GIVEN TO JESUS. AND I AM
COMMANDED TO GO IN HIS NAME. AND SURELY HE IS WITH ME ALWAYS.
|
(MATT
28:18-20)
|
|
PROTECTION:
LET MY HEART BE FIXED
TRUSTING IN YOU
|
||
WHOEVER
HAS YOUR COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU,
LORD. IT IS WRITTEN: BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, LORD YOU WILL RESCUE
ME. RESCUE ME ACCORDING TO YOUR WORD, LORD. PROTECT ME
FOR I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR NAME.
|
(PS
91:14)
|
|
IT IS
WRITTEN: ALL THE HOLY ONES ARE IN YOUR HAND.
|
(DEUT
33:3)
|
|
**
JESUS SAID: ‘MY SHEEP LISTEN TO MY VOICE: I KNOW THEM AND THEY FOLLOW
ME. NO ONE CAN SNATCH THEM OUT OF MY HAND. MY FATHER,
WHO HAS GIVEN THEM TO ME, IS GREATER THAN ALL. NO ONE CAN SNATCH
THEM OUT OF MY FATHER’S HAND. MY FATHER AND I ARE ONE.’
|
(JOHN
10:27-30)
(HEBR
4:3-11)
|
|
LORD,
YOU ARE GREATER THAN ALL. NO ONE CAN SNATCH ME OUT OF YOUR
HAND. I AM IN THE POWER OF YOUR SPIRIT, LORD.
|
||
I AM
NOT IN THE HAND OF MAN, I AM NOT IN THE HAND OF CIRCUMSTANCES, I AM IN THE
HAND OF GOD. I STAND ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD. I AM LED
BY MY SPIRIT NOT BY MY FLESH.
|
(ACTS
5:38-39)
|
|
I WALK
IN AGAPE LOVE, WHICH NEVER FAILS. I BLESS THOSE WHO CURSE ME; I DO
GOOD TO THOSE WHO HATE ME; I PRAY FOR THOSE WHO PERSECUTE ME. THE
DEVIL CAN’T TOUCH ME.
|
(JOHN
14:21)
|
|
I AM IN COVENANT WITH GOD. HE IS MY COVENANT
PARTNER. WE WALK TOGETHER. I STAND BY IN
FAITH WHILE ENEMIES FIGHT GOD. IT IS WRITTEN: THEREFORE IN
THIS PRESENT CASE, I ADVISE YOU LEAVE THESE MEN ALONE! LET
THEM GO! FOR IF THEIR PURPOSE OR ACTIVITY IS OF HUMAN ORIGIN, IT
WILL FAIL. BUT IF IT IS FROM GOD, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THESE
MEN; YOU WILL ONLY FIND YOURSELVES FIGHTING AGAINST GOD.
|
ACTS
5:37-38
|
|
MY EYES
ARE FIXED ON YOU, O SOVEREIGN LORD; IN YOU I TAKE REFUGE. IT IS
YOURS TO AVENGE LORD. I AM IN YOUR HAND. I WILL ANSWER ONLY AS LED
BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. LET THE WICKED FALL INTO THEIR OWN NETS, WHILE
I PASS BY IN SAFETY.
|
(PS
141:8-10)
|
|
I WILL
HAVE NO FEAR OF BAD NEWS; MY HEART IS FIXED TRUSTING IN YOU. MY
HEART IS SECURE, I WILL HAVE NO FEAR; IN THE END I WILL LOOK IN TRIUMPH ON MY
FOES AS I STAND ON GOD’S WORD.
|
(PS 112:7)
|
|
I HAVE
SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME. BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND I
WILL NOT BE SHAKEN.
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(PS
16:8)
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EVERY
PLANT THAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS NOT PLANTED WILL BE PULLED UP BY THE
ROOTS. BLIND GUIDES WILL GIVE BIRTH TO WIND. THEY SOW
THE WIND AND THEY REAP THE WHIRLWIND. BUT I SOW THE WORD OF GOD
AND THE WORD BECOMES FLESH.
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(MARK
4:24)
(LUKE
8:18)
(JOHN
10:5)
(HOSEA
8:7)
(MATT
13:3-23)
(JOHN
1:14)
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PROTECTION:
LET GOD ANSWER
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REMEMBER
LORD, HOW YOUR SERVANT HAS BEEN MOCKED, HOW I BEAR IN MY HEART THE TAUNTS OF
ALL THE NATIONS, THE TAUNTS WITH WHICH YOUR ENEMIES HAVE MOCKED, O
LORD, WITH WHICH THEY HAVE MOCKED EVERY STEP OF YOUR ANOINTED ONE.
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(PS
89:50-51)
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SCORNED
BY MEN AND DESPISED BY THE PEOPLE, ALL WHO SEE ME MOCK ME, THEY HURL INSULTS,
SHAKING THEIR HEADS. HE TRUSTS IN THE LORD; LET THE LORD RESCUE
HIM. DOGS HAVE SURROUNDED ME; A BAND OF EVIL MEN HAS ENCIRCLED
ME. PEOPLE STARE AND GLOAT OVER ME.
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(PS
22:6-8)
(PS
22:16-17)
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|
I
OFFERED MY BACK TO THOSE WHO BEAT ME, MY CHEEKS TO
THOSE WHO PULLED OUT MY BEARD; I DID NOT HIDE MY FACE
FROM MOCKING AND SPITTING.
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(ISA
50:6)
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BECAUSE
YOU, THE SOVEREIGN LORD, HELP ME I WILL NOT BE DISGRACED. THEREFORE I HAVE
SET MY FACE LIKE FLINT, AND I KNOW I WILL NOT BE PUT TO SHAME. HE
WHO VINDICATES ME IS NEAR.
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(ISA
50:7-8)
(ISA
31:2)
(PS
118:10-16)
|
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IN THE
SHELTER OF YOUR PRESENCE YOU HIDE ME FROM THE INTRIGUES OF MEN. IN
YOUR DWELLING YOU KEEP ME SAFE FROM ACCUSING TONGUES. I AM HID
FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE.
|
(PS
31:20)
(JOB
5:21)
|
|
IT IS
THE SOVEREIGN LORD WHO HELPS ME. WHO IS HE THAT WILL CONDEMN ME?
THEY WILL ONLY FIND THEMSELVES FIGHTING GOD.
|
(ISA
50:9)
(ACTS
5:38-39)
|
|
LET
YOUR PEACE WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING GUARD MY HEART AND
MIND. LET THE GOD OF PEACE BE WITH ME.
|
(PHIL
4:4-9)
|
|
LET THE
BELOVED OF THE LORD REST SECURE IN HIM FOR HE SHIELDS HIM ALL DAY LONG, AND
THE ONE THE LORD LOVES RESTS BETWEEN HIS SHOULDERS.
|
(DEUT
33:12)
|
|
LORD,
FROM THE LIPS OF CHILDREN AND INFANTS YOU HAVE ORDAINED PRAISE BECAUSE OF
YOUR ENEMIES, TO SILENCE THE FOE AND THE AVENGER. I PRAISE YOU
LORD. SILENCE THE FOE AND THE AVENGER.
|
(PS
8:2)
|
|
I CALL
TO YOU LORD, WHO IS WORTHY OF PRAISE, AND I AM SAVED FROM MY ENEMIES.
|
(2 SAM
22:4)
|
|
I FIX
MY EYES ON YOUR WORD ALONE. I RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE THE RACE
MARKED OUT FOR ME. I FIX MY EYES ON JESUS THE AUTHOR AND FINISHER
OF MY FAITH.
|
(HEBR
12:1-2)
|
|
I FIX
MY EYES NOT ON WHAT IS SEEN, BUT ON WHAT IS UNSEEN. FOR WHAT IS
SEEN IS TEMPORARY, BUT WHAT IS UNSEEN IS ETERNAL.
|
(2 COR
4:18)
|
|
FOR MY
LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR ME AN ETERNAL GLORY THAT FAR
OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL.
|
(2 COR
4:17)
|
|
PROTECTION:
FIGHT AND BATTLE IN SPIRIT & TRUTH
|
||
LORD, I
STAND ON BLOOD COVENANT BETWEEN YOU AND ME. I COME THROUGH THE BLOOD OF JESUS SHED FOR ME.
|
(I COR
11:24-25)
|
|
I AM A CONSECRATED ONE. I MADE A COVENANT WITH YOU O
LORD GOD BY SACRIFICE. I WILL CALL UPON YOU IN THE DAY OF
TROUBLE. YOU WILL DELIVER ME AND I WILL HONOUR YOU.
|
(HEBR 10:19-20)
(HEBR 9:22)
(PS 50:5; 14)
|
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I AM DECLARED RIGHTEOUS THROUGH FAITH IN HIS BLOOD.
|
(ROM 3:22-25)
|
|
I THEREFORE HAVE CONFIDENCE TO ENTER INTO THE MOST HOLY PLACE BY
THE SHED BLOOD OF THE LAMB.
|
(HEBR 10:19)
|
|
I STAND BLOOD-WASHED BEFORE YOU LORD.
|
(HEBR 10:23)
|
|
I STAND BOLDLY IN YOUR PRESENCE, O GOD.
|
(HEBR 4:16)
|
|
I AM AN HEIR OF GOD AND A JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST.
|
(ROM 8:17)
|
|
I AM A KING AND PRIEST TO SERVE MY MOST HIGH GOD.
|
(REV 1:6)
|
|
I PUT
ON THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD: EPHESIANS 6:10-18.
|
(EPH
6:14-18)
|
|
I
ANOINT MY FOREHEAD WITH OIL. I AM SET APART TO GOD. A SEAL HOLY TO THE LORD – CONSECRATED AS A PRIEST TO
SERVE MY GOD. YOUR NAME WILL BE WRITTEN ON MY
FOREHEAD. FOR I BELONG TO YOU. I AM THE ANOINTED OF
GOD. YOU SAID, ‘DO NOT TOUCH MY ANOINTED ONES’. BLESS
ME LORD (NUM 6:22-27).
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(EX
29:1, 6-7)
(REV
22:4)
(NUM
6:27)
(PS
105:15)
|
|
LORD
JESUS, ON THE NIGHT YOU WERE BETRAYED, YOU TOOK BREAD, (I TAKE THE BREAD)
-0 AND
WHEN YOU HAD GIVEN THANKS,
-1 (I
LIFT IT UP TO YOU AND I GIVE YOU THANKS, LORD)
-2 YOU
BROKE IT,
-3 AND
SAID, ‘THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH IS FOR YOU; DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.’ (1
COR 11:23-24). I DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF YOU AND YOUR COVENANT
WORD (SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD FOR YOUR SITUATION).
|
(1 COR
11:24)
|
|
IN THE
SAME WAY (WHEN YOU HAD GIVEN THANKS) AFTER SUPPER YOU TOOK THE CUP, (I TAKE
THE CUP)
-4 AND
WHEN YOU HAD GIVEN THANKS,
-5 (I
LIFT IT UP TO YOU AND I GIVE YOU THANKS, LORD)
-6 YOU
SAID, ‘THIS CUP IS THE NEW COVENANT IN MY BLOOD; DO THIS, WHENEVER YOU DRINK
IT, IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.’ I DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF YOU AND
YOUR BLOOD COVENANT (SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD FOR YOUR SITUATION).
|
(1 COR
11:25)
|
|
I
OVERCOME THE DEVIL BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF MY TESTIMONY.
|
(REV
12:11)
|
|
NO
WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL PREVAIL; AND I WILL REFUTE EVERY TONGUE THAT
ACCUSES ME. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD AND
THIS IS MY VINDICATION FROM YOU LORD.
|
(ISAIAH
54:15-17)
|
|
PROTECTION:
FIGHT THE BATTLE IN SPIRIT & TRUTH
|
||
I TAKE
UP THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN: WHATEVER I BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND
IN HEAVEN BEFORE GOD, AND WHATEVER I LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN
BEFORE GOD. IT CANNOT GET ANY MORE BOUND / LOOSED THAN THAT!
|
(MATT
16:18-19)
(MATT
18:18)
|
|
I TAKE
THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAY IN THE SPIRIT AS
LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.
|
(EPH
6:17-18)
|
|
I BIND
THE STRONGMAN. I BIND EVERY DEMON, AS LED BY THE SPIRIT OF
GOD. FOR MY 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. I
RESIST THE DEVIL, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH. I SUBMIT MYSELF TO
YOU GOD. I RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM ME.
|
(EPH
6:10-18;
1 PETER
5:9;
JAMES
4:7)
|
|
PROTECT
ME BY THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS
|
(JOHN
17:11)
|
|
I SPEAK
PSALM 91OVER ME
|
(PS 91)
|
|
SPREAD
YOUR PROTECTION OVER ME
|
(PS
5:11)
|
|
LORD
YOU YOURSELF BE A WALL OF FIRE AROUND ME
|
(ZEC
2:5)
|
|
ENCOMPASS
ME AS WITH A SHIELD
|
(PS
5:12)
|
|
YOUR
WORD IS LIKE FIRE, AND LIKE A HAMMER THAT SMASHES THE ROCK IN PIECES.
|
(JER
23:29)
|
|
LORD, I
SPEAK YOUR SPIRIT OF FIRE BURN UP ALL WITCHCRAFT. SURELY THEY ARE
LIKE STUBBLE; THE FIRE WILL BURN THEM UP. THEY CANNOT SAVE THEMSELVES FROM
THE POWER OF THE FLAME. I SPEAK TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST,
WEST: SPIRIT OF FIRE BURN UP ALL WITCHCRAFT.
|
(ISA
47:8-14)
|
|
LORD, I
SPEAK GALATIANS 3:13 OVER ANY CURSES. I SPEAK THE BLOOD OF JESUS
AS A HEDGE AROUND ME. I BREAK ANY YOKES IN THE POWER OF JESUS NAME
AND THE POWER OF BLOOD COVENANT. I SEND YOUR FIRE ON ALL
THORNS. BURN THEM UP.
|
(GAL
3:13)
(PS
118:10-16)
(ISA
33:12)
|
|
I PLEAD
THE BLOOD OF JESUS AS A HEDGE ABOUT ME, MY HOUSEHOLD AND EVERYTHING I
HAVE. BLESS THE WORK OF MY HANDS.
|
(JOB
1:10;
GAL
3:13-14)
|
|
JESUS,
YOUR NAME IS AS OINTMENT POURED FORTH. I POUR FORTH THE NAME OF
JESUS, JESUS, JESUS.
|
(SS
1:3)
|
|
I SPEAK
THE PRECIOUS OIL THAT IS POURED DOWN ON AARON’S BEARD.
|
(PS
133:2)
|
|
I
SACRIFICE THANK OFFERINGS TO HONOUR YOU AND IT PREPARES THE WAY THAT GOD MAY
SHOW ME HIS SALVATION.
|
(PS
50:23)
|
|
FULL PROTECTION
|
|
LORD,
I SPEAK THE BLOOD COVENANT OF PEACE OVER MY LIFE FOR I AM IN BLOOD COVENANT
WITH YOU, ALMIGHTY GOD
|
(ISA
54:10;
EZEK
34:25-26;
LUKE
22:19-20;
1
COR 11:24-26)
|
I
PLEAD THE BLOOD OF JESUS AS A HEDGE ABOUT ME, MY HOUSEHOLD AND EVERYTHING I
HAVE. BLESS THE WORK OF MY HANDS
|
(JOB
1:10;
GAL
3:13-14)
|
PROTECT
ME BY THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS
|
(JOHN
17:11)
|
I
SPEAK PSALM 91 OVER ME. I SPEAK PSALM 35 OVER ME.
|
(PS
91, PS 35))
|
SPREAD
YOUR PROTECTION OVER ME
|
(PS
5:11)
|
LORD
YOU YOURSELF BE A WALL OF FIRE AROUND ME
|
(ZEC
2:5)
|
ENCOMPASS
ME AS WITH A SHIELD
|
(PS
5:12)
|
FOR
I DID NOT RECEIVE A SPIRIT THAT MAKES ME A SLAVE AGAIN TO FEAR BUT A SPIRIT
OF SONSHIP BY WHICH I CRY ‘ABBA FATHER’
|
(ROM
8:15;
2
TIM 1:7)
|
I
SPEAK THAT I AM ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST
|
(ISAIAH
54:14;
ROM
3:22)
|
IF
ANYONE ATTACKS ME THEY WILL SURRENDER TO ME
|
(ISAIAH
54:15)
|
NO
WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME CAN PROSPER;
|
|
EVERY
TONGUE THAT RISES AGAINST ME IS CONDEMNED
|
|
HIDE
ME FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE
|
(JOB
5:21; PS 17:8-14)
|
OUR
FATHER, WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, DELIVER ME FROM EVIL
|
(MATT
6:13)
|
AVENGE
ME SPEEDILY, LORD MY GOD, DEFEND AND PROTECT ME
|
(ROM
12:19-20;
LUKE
18:7-8;1 PET 3:9)
|
GIVE
ME WORDS AND WISDOM THAT NONE OF MY ADVERSARIES CAN RESIST OR CONTRADICT
|
(LUKE
21:15)
|
GIVE
YOUR ANGELS CHARGE OVER ME
|
(PS
91:11)
|
FOR
I AM AN HEIR OF SALVATION,
|
(HEBR
1:14)
|
AN
HEIR OF GOD AND A JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST
|
(ROM
8:17)
|
I
DECREE THE COVENANT OF PEACE AND PROTECTION OVER ME
|
|
FOR
LORD YOU ARE A SHIELD ABOUT ME
|
(PS
3:3; PS 97:10)
|
IN
PERFECT FAITHFULNESS DO MARVELOUS THINGS
|
(ISA
25:1; PS 57:10)
|
HOW
GREAT YOU ARE O SOVEREIGN LORD! THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU, AND
THERE IS NO GOD BUT YOU.
|
(2
SAM 7:22)
|
TURN YOUR HURTS INTO HARVESTS
KENNETH COPELAND
BELIEVERS' VOICE OF VICTORY
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN SOMEONE MISTREATS YOU?
I DIDN’T ASK WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. I DIDN’T ASK WHAT YOUR AUTOMATIC FLESHLY REACTION IS. I ALREADY KNOW THAT.
YOUR NATURAL, KNEE-JERK RESPONSE IS THE SAME AS MINE. YOU WANT TO STRIKE BACK. YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING OR SAY SOMETHING THAT WILL EVEN THE SCORE. IF YOU CAN’T MANAGE THAT, YOU MIGHT SETTLE FOR A FEW HOURS (OR DAYS OR YEARS) OF FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF. YOU MIGHT TRY TO EASE YOUR WOUNDED FEELINGS BY TELLING SOMEONE HOW WRONGLY YOU’VE BEEN TREATED.
ON A PURELY NATURAL, HUMAN LEVEL THAT’S HOW WE ALL WANT TO REACT WHEN SOMEONE DOES US WRONG. BUT I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING TODAY. IF YOU’RE A BORN AGAIN CHILD OF THE LIVING GOD, YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS JUST REACTING TO THINGS ON A NATURAL, HUMAN LEVEL.
GOD HAS CALLED AND EQUIPPED YOU TO LIVE ON A HIGHER LEVEL. HE’S GIVEN YOU THE POWER TO RESPOND IN A SUPERNATURAL WAY WHEN SOMEONE DOES YOU WRONG. HE’S GIVEN YOU THE POWER TO RESPOND IN LOVE.
‘OH, BROTHER COPELAND, THAT’S TOO HARD. I DON’T WANT TO DO THAT!’
YES, YOU DO - AND HERE’S WHY. IF YOU WILL TRAIN YOURSELF TO RESPOND GOD’S WAY, YOU CAN TAKE MISTREATMENT AND TRANSFORM IT FROM THE CURSE THE DEVIL INTENDS IT TO BE INTO A SEED OF TREMENDOUS BLESSING IN YOUR LIFE.
WHEN YOU LEARN TO OBEY GOD IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION, YOU CAN LITERALLY GET RICH - IN THE AREAS OF FINANCES, FAVOUR AND OPPORTUNITY - OFF THE VERY PERSECUTION THE DEVIL SENT TO KEEP YOU DOWN.
SERIOUS BUSINESS
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THAT IS THE DEVIL’S INTENTION. HE SENDS PEOPLE ACROSS YOUR PATH TO OFFEND YOU AND MISTREAT YOU FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF STEALING THE WORD OF GOD - AND THE ANOINTING THAT GOES WITH IT - OUT OF YOUR LIFE. MARK 4:7 SAYS, “…PERSECUTION FOR THE WORD’S SAKE.”
THE DEVIL KNOWS HOW POWERFUL YOU ARE WHEN YOU ARE ANOINTED. HE KNOWS BECAUSE HE ONCE WAS ANOINTED HIMSELF. THE BIBLE SAYS BEFORE EVIL WAS FOUND IN HIM, HE WAS THE “ANOINTED CHERUB.” SO IT IS HIS ONE AMBITION TO TRICK YOU INTO CUTTING YOURSELF OFF FROM THAT ANOINTING.
THAT’S WHY HE SENDS BIGOTS TO INSULT YOU AND THIEVES TO STEAL FROM YOU. THAT’S WHY, WHENEVER HE CAN, HE GOADS PEOPLE AROUND YOU INTO BEING INSENSITIVE AND UNAPPRECIATIVE. HE WANTS YOU TO GET OFFENDED AND CUT OFF YOUR SUPERNATURAL POWER SUPPLY.
MOST BELIEVERS DON’T REALISE IT, BUT THAT’S WHAT OFFENSES DO. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN MATTHEW 11:4-6. THERE, THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST CAME TO JESUS AND ASKED IF HE WAS TRULY THE ANOINTED ONE. JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM:
MATT 11:4: JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, GO AND SHEW JOHN AGAIN THOSE THINGS WHICH YE DO HEAR AND SEE:
5: THE BLIND RECEIVE THEIR SIGHT, AND THE LAME WALK, THE LEPERS ARE CLEANSED, AND THE DEAF HEAR, THE DEAD ARE RAISED UP, AND THE POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM.
6: AND BLESSED IS HE, WHOSOEVER SHALL NOT BE OFFENDED IN ME.
WE NEED TO REALISE, MY FRIEND, THAT OFFENSES ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS. THEY ARE SENT BY THE DEVIL TO ROB US OF THE ANOINTING AND BLOCK THE FLOW OF THE BLESSINGS OF GOD. THAT FACT ALONE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO MAKE US DECIDE NEVER, EVER, TO BE OFFENDED AGAIN.
I KNOW I’VE MADE THAT DECISION. I’VE DETERMINED THAT NO MATTER HOW SOMEONE MAY INSULT MY INTELLIGENCE, MY BELIEFS OR EVEN MY RACE, I’M NOT WILLING TO LOSE MY ANOINTING OVER IT.
NO MATTER HOW THEY TREAT ME, OR WHAT THEY MIGHT CALL ME, I WILL NOT TAKE OFFENSE.
NOW I REALISE THAT SOMEONE MAY BE READING THIS AND THINKING, YEAH, THAT’S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY! NOBODY SAYS AND DOES THE THINGS TO YOU LIKE THEY DO TO ME!
THAT MAY BE TRUE. ALTHOUGH I AM AN INDIAN, AND HAVE HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFENSE, WHERE RACE IS CONCERNED. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SUFFERED MUCH MORE MISTREATMENT THAN I HAVE. BUT I CAN SAY THIS: NO MATTER WHAT COLOUR YOU ARE, YOU ARE WELCOME IN MORE CHURCHES THAN I AM. I’VE HAD ENTIRE BOOKS WRITTEN FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF CRITICISING ME. HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE THEY WRITTEN ABOUT YOU?
I ONLY BRING THESE THINGS TO YOUR ATTENTION BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT DEALING WITH OFFENSES ISN’T ANY EASIER FOR ME THAT IT IS FOR ANYONE ELSE. I’VE COME UP AGAINST SOME HARD PEOPLE AND SOME HARD SITUATIONS IN MY LIFE. SO I KNOW IF GOD CAN SEE ME THROUGH, HE CAN DO THE SAME FOR YOU.
REJOICE! … NO KIDDING
ONCE WE DECIDE WE WILL TAKE A DEVIL-SENT OPPORTUNITY FOR OFFENSE AND TURN IT INTO A HARVEST OF BLESSING, THE FIRST THING WE NEED TO KNOW IS WHAT GOD WANTS US TO DO IN THAT SITUATION. IF WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO STRIKE BACK, IF WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO GET OUR FEELINGS HURT AND GO OFF IN A HUFF, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? FIRST PETER 4 ANSWERS THAT QUESTION:
1 PETER 4:2: BELOVED, THINK IT NOT STRANGE CONCERNING THE FIERY TRIAL WHICH IS TO TRY YOU, AS THOUGH SOME STRANGE THING HAPPENED UNTO YOU:
13: BUT REJOICE, INASMUCH AS YE ARE PARTAKERS OF CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS; THAT, WHEN HIS GLORY SHALL BE REVEALED, YE MAY BE GLAD ALSO WITH EXCEEDING JOY.
14: IF YE BE REPROACHED FOR THE NAME OF CHRIST, HAPPY ARE YE; FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD RESTETH UPON YOU: ON THEIR PART HE IS EVIL SPOKEN OF, BUT ON YOUR PART HE IS GLORIFIED.
GOD DOESN’T WANT US TO CRY AND COMPLAIN WHEN SOMEONE DOES US WRONG. HE DOESN’T WANT US TO SUE THEM. HE WANTS US TO REJOICE!
I CAN JUST HEAR YOUR OLD FLESH GROAN: “MAN, YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING! I’M SUPPOSED TO REJOICE WHEN SOMEONE DOES ME WRONG? WHAT DO I HAVE TO SHOUT ABOUT?”
PLENTY!
ACCORDING TO JESUS, PERSECUTION SETS YOU UP FOR BLESSING. IT OPENS YOU UP FOR GREAT REWARDS! JESUS MADE THAT VERY CLEAR IN LUKE 6. HE SAID:
LUKE 6:22: BLESSED ARE YE, WHEN MEN SHALL HATE YOU, AND WHEN THEY SHALL SEPARATE YOU FROM THEIR COMPANY, AND SHALL REPROACH YOU, AND CAST OUT YOUR NAME AS EVIL, FOR THE SON OF MAN'S SAKE.
23: REJOICE YE IN THAT DAY, AND LEAP FOR JOY: FOR, BEHOLD, YOUR REWARD IS GREAT IN HEAVEN: FOR IN THE LIKE MANNER DID THEIR FATHERS UNTO THE PROPHETS.
TO GET THE FULL MEANING OF WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING THERE, YOU HAVE TO REALISE WHAT THE WORD BLESSED MEANS. IT’S NOT JUST A WEAK, RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT. TO BE GOD-BLESSED MEANS YOU’RE EMPOWERED BY ALMIGHTY GOD HIMSELF TO PROSPER AND SUCCEED. IT MEANS YOU’RE EMPOWERED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE EXCEEDINGLY HAPPY WITH LIFE AND JOY IN SPITE OF ANY OUTSIDE CIRCUMSTANCES.
THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. WHEN PEOPLE MISTREAT YOU, THEY’RE ACTUALLY GIVING YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE GREATER MEASURES OF POWER AND SUCCESS FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD. THEY ARE OPENING THE DOOR FOR YOU TO STEP UP TO A HIGHER PLANE OF HEAVENLY REWARD!
RELIGION HAS TAUGHT US THAT WE COULDN’T ENJOY SUCH HEAVENLY REWARDS UNTIL AFTER WE DIE. BUT NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. GOD INTENDS FOR US TO MAKE USE OF OUR HEAVENLY REWARDS HERE ON THIS EARTH WHERE WE NEED THEM!
YOU SEE, AS BELIEVERS, WE EACH HAVE A HEAVENLY ACCOUNT THAT FUNCTIONS MUCH LIKE A NATURAL BANK ACCOUNT. THE APOSTLE PAUL REFERS TO THAT ACCOUNT IN HIS LETTER TO HIS PHILIPPIAN PARTNERS. HE COMMENDED HIS PARTNERS FOR GIVING TO HIM, NOT BECAUSE HE WANTED GIFTS FROM THEM, BUT BECAUSE HE DESIRED FRUIT THAT WOULD ABOUND TO THEIR ACCOUNT.
PAUL’S PARTNERS HAD MADE DEPOSITS IN THAT HEAVENLY ACCOUNT THROUGH THEIR GIVING, SO HE WAS ABLE TO BOLDY SAY, PHIL 4:19: BUT MY GOD SHALL SUPPLY ALL YOUR NEED ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY BY CHRIST JESUS.
JESUS SPOKE OF THAT HEAVENLY ACCOUNT WHEN HE SAID:
MATT 6:19: LAY NOT UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES UPON EARTH, WHERE MOTH AND RUST DOTH CORRUPT, AND WHERE THIEVES BREAK THROUGH AND STEAL:
20: BUT LAY UP FOR YOURSELVES TREASURES IN HEAVEN, WHERE NEITHER MOTH NOR RUST DOTH CORRUPT, AND WHERE THIEVES DO NOT BREAK THROUGH NOR STEAL:
21: FOR WHERE YOUR TREASURE IS, THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO.
IF YOU’VE STUDIED THE WORD OF GOD UNDER THIS MINISTRY ANY LENGTH OF TIME, I’M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO LAY UP TREASURE IN YOUR HEAVENLY ACCOUNT BY GIVING FINANCIALLY INTO THE WORK OF GOD. YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SPIRITUAL LAW OF SEED, PLANT AND HARVEST. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU GIVE TO GOD OF YOUR MATERIAL RESOURCES, HE MULTIPLIES IT AND GIVES IT BACK TO YOU AN HUNDREDFOLD (MARK 10:30).
MARK 10:28: THEN PETER BEGAN TO SAY UNTO HIM, LO, WE HAVE LEFT ALL, AND HAVE FOLLOWED THEE.
29: AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID, VERILY I SAY UNTO YOU, THERE IS NO MAN THAT HATH LEFT HOUSE, OR BRETHREN, OR SISTERS, OR FATHER, OR MOTHER, OR WIFE, OR CHILDREN, OR LANDS, FOR MY SAKE, AND THE GOSPEL'S,
30: BUT HE SHALL RECEIVE AN HUNDREDFOLD NOW IN THIS TIME, HOUSES, AND BRETHREN, AND SISTERS, AND MOTHERS, AND CHILDREN, AND LANDS, WITH PERSECUTIONS; AND IN THE WORLD TO COME ETERNAL LIFE.
(MARK 4:20: AND THESE ARE THEY WHICH ARE SOWN ON GOOD GROUND; SUCH AS HEAR THE WORD, AND RECEIVE IT, AND BRING FORTH FRUIT, SOME THIRTYFOLD, SOME SIXTY, AND SOME AN HUNDRED.)
BUT LET ME ASK YOU THIS: DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH PERSECUTION? DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN PLANT IT AS A SEED BY OBEYING GOD, BY LEAPING AND REJOICING IN IT INSTEAD OF TAKING OFFENSE?
SURE YOU CAN! AND WHEN YOU DO, IT WILL BRING FORTH A HARVEST OF BLESSING!
WHAT’S MORE, BECAUSE PERSECUTION ATTACKS YOUR SOUL AND THE VERY ANOINTING OF GOD ON YOUR LIFE - WHICH IS FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN ANYTHING MONEY COULD BUY - THE VALUE OF THE HARVEST IT BRINGS FORTH IS ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS. THE SEED OF PERSECUTION WHEN PLANTED ACCORDING TO THE WORD WILL BE WORTH FAR MORE TO YOU THAN ANY FINANCIAL SEED YOU COULD EVER PLANT!
NOW, I’LL BE HONEST. IT’S A TOUGH SEED TO SOW. YOU HAVE TO SOW IT OUT OF COMMITMENT. IT DOESN’T FEEL GOOD TO DO IT. BUT THE HARVEST IS WORTH THE PAIN.
I KNOW THAT NOT ONLY FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE, BUT FROM WATCHING THE EXPERIENCE OF OTHERS. ONE FRIEND OF MINE, FOR INSTANCE, HAS REFUSED TO TAKE OFFENSE AT THE BIGOTRY DIRECTED AGAINST HIM BECAUSE OF THE COLOUR OF HIS SKIN. HE HAS SO SUCCEEDED IN BLESSING AND LOVING THE WHITE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PERSECUTED HIM THAT NOW SOME BLACK PEOPLE ARE MAD AT HIM. “HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW HE’S BLACK ANYMORE!” THEY’LL SAY.
BUT MY FRIEND DOESN’T TAKE OFFENSE AT THEM EITHER. HE JUST PRAYS FOR THEM AND GOES RIGHT ON GATHERING UP HIS HARVEST. IT’S QUITE A HARVEST, TOO! THAT MAN HAS FAVOUR EVERYWHERE HE GOES. HE’S INVITED TO PLACES FEW PEOPLE GET TO GO. HE’S BLESSED FINANCIALLY BEYOND MOST PEOPLE’S WILDEST DREAMS.
THE MAN IS GETTING RICH OFF RACISM!
IT’S WORTH MORE AS A SEED
SOMEONE MIGHT SAY, “WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD! I WONDER IF IT WOULD WORK LIKE THAT FOR ME?”
IT WILL IF YOU’LL PUT IT TO WORK. LOOK BACK AT THAT PASSAGE IN LUKE 6:27 WHERE JESUS EXPLAINS THIS PRINCIPLE AND SAYS, “I SAY UNTO YOU WHICH HEAR…” IN OTHER WORDS, THIS WILL WORK FOR ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HEAR IT AND DO IT.
LUKE 6:27: BUT I SAY UNTO YOU WHICH HEAR, LOVE YOUR ENEMIES, DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH HATE YOU,
28: BLESS THEM THAT CURSE YOU, AND PRAY FOR THEM WHICH DESPITEFULLY USE YOU.
29: AND UNTO HIM THAT SMITETH THEE ON THE ONE CHEEK OFFER ALSO THE OTHER; AND HIM THAT TAKETH AWAY THY CLOKE FORBID NOT TO TAKE THY COAT ALSO.
30: GIVE TO EVERY MAN THAT ASKETH OF THEE; AND OF HIM THAT TAKETH AWAY THY GOODS ASK THEM NOT AGAIN.
31: AND AS YE WOULD THAT MEN SHOULD DO TO YOU, DO YE ALSO TO THEM LIKEWISE.
32: FOR IF YE LOVE THEM WHICH LOVE YOU, WHAT THANK HAVE YE? FOR SINNERS ALSO LOVE THOSE THAT LOVE THEM.
33: AND IF YE DO GOOD TO THEM WHICH DO GOOD TO YOU, WHAT THANK HAVE YE? FOR SINNERS ALSO DO EVEN THE SAME.
34: AND IF YE LEND TO THEM OF WHOM YE HOPE TO RECEIVE, WHAT THANK HAVE YE? FOR SINNERS ALSO LEND TO SINNERS, TO RECEIVE AS MUCH AGAIN.
35: BUT LOVE YE YOUR ENEMIES, AND DO GOOD, AND LEND, HOPING FOR NOTHING AGAIN; AND YOUR REWARD SHALL BE GREAT, AND YE SHALL BE THE CHILDREN OF THE HIGHEST: FOR HE IS KIND UNTO THE UNTHANKFUL AND TO THE EVIL.
36: BE YE THEREFORE MERCIFUL, AS YOUR FATHER ALSO IS MERCIFUL.
37: JUDGE NOT, AND YE SHALL NOT BE JUDGED: CONDEMN NOT, AND YE SHALL NOT BE CONDEMNED: FORGIVE, AND YE SHALL BE FORGIVEN:
38: GIVE, AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN UNTO YOU; GOOD MEASURE, PRESSED DOWN, AND SHAKEN TOGETHER, AND RUNNING OVER, SHALL MEN GIVE INTO YOUR BOSOM. FOR WITH THE SAME MEASURE THAT YE METE WITHAL IT SHALL BE MEASURED TO YOU AGAIN.
FOR THE MOST PART, WE’VE MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT JESUS WAS SAYING THERE ABOUT TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK AND GIVING IT TO THE GUY WHO TRIES TO STEAL FROM US. WE THOUGHT HE WAS SAYING WE SHOULD JUST LIE DOWN AND LET PEOPLE RUN OVER US.
BUT THAT WASN’T HIS POINT AT ALL!
HE WAS TRYING TO TEACH US ABOUT THIS SEED, PLANT AND HARVEST PRINCIPLE. HE WAS TRYING TO SHOW US HOW TO GET BLESSED. HE WAS SAYING, “DON’T SUE THE PERSON WHO STOLE YOUR SHIRT AND TRY TO GET YOUR SHIRT BACK. GIVE IT TO HIM. THEN GIVE HIM YOUR COAT TOO. THOSE THINGS WILL BE WORTH MORE TO YOU AS SEEDS THAN THEY WOULD BE IF YOU KEPT THEM. IF YOU’LL SOW THEM INSTEAD OF FIGHTING TO KEEP THEM, THE POWER OF GOD WILL GO TO WORK ON YOUR BEHALF. HE’LL MULTIPLY THAT SEED AND BLESS YOU WITH A HUNDRED TIMES AS MUCH! IF YOU FIGHT, YOU DO IT ON YOUR OWN. IF YOU GIVE, ALL OF HEAVEN WILL GET IN THE SITUATION WITH YOU.
I’LL NEVER FORGET THE FIRST TIME GOD WAS ABLE TO GET THE TRUTH OF THAT PRINCIPLE THROUGH TO ME. I WAS YEARS AGO WHEN GLORIA AND I WERE ON OUR WAY TO PREACH A MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO. I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE AIRPORT WITH A LITTLE MINOLTA CAMERA HANGING OVER MY SHOULDER. BACK THEN, THAT WAS THE MINISTRY CAMERA AND GLORIA WAS THE MINISTRY PHOTOGRAPHER. SO THAT CAMERA WAS IMPORTANT TO US.
I HAD WALKED AROUND THAT AIRPORT FOR A WHILE WHEN SUDDENLY I REALISED MY CAMERA WAS GONE. SOMEONE HAD STOLEN IT RIGHT OFF MY SHOULDER! TO PUT IT VERY MILDLY, I WAS IRRITATED.
I STARTED LOOKING AROUND THE AIRPORT FOR THE THIEF. I THOUGHT, IF I FIND YOU, YOU TURKEY, I AM GOING TO WHIP YOU GOOD!
BUT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY UPSET, THE SPIRIT OF GOD INTERRUPTED MY THINKING. IF YOU TAKE THAT ATTITUDE, HE SAID, YOU’LL LOSE THAT CAMERA!
“WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, LORD?” I ANSWERED. “I’VE ALREADY LOST IT!”
NO, IT ISN’T GONE YET.
I’D LEARNED FROM BROTHER ORAL ROBERTS ABOUT THE SEED, PLANT AND HARVEST PRINCIPLE, SO I CAUGHT ON TO WHAT THE LORD WAS TELLING ME IN A FLASH. I SAID, “LORD, I SEE IT!” THEN I TURNED TO GLORIA AND SAID, “LISTEN, LET’S AGREE ON THIS. I’M GIVING THAT CAMERA TO WHOEVER TOOK IT OFF MY SHOULDER. I’M SOWING IT AS A SEED INTO THAT PERSON’S LIFE AND I’M PRAYING THAT GOD WILL USE IT TO GET HIM SAVED. I’M BELIEVING THAT EVER TIME HE TOUCHES THAT CAMERA, THE ANOINTING OF GOD WILL COME ON HIM AND DRAW HIM TO JESUS. EVEN IF THE POLICE CATCH THE THIEF WITH THE CAMERA IN HIS HAND, I WILL SAY, “DON’T CHARGE THAT MAN WITH ANY CRIME. I HAVE GIVEN HIM THAT CAMERA.”
OF COURSE, GLORIA AGREED AND WE BOARDED THE PLANE TO SAN FRANSISCO. AFTER WE GOT SETTLED IN OUR SEATS, I STARTED TALKING TO THE LORD ABOUT THE SEED I’D PLANTED. I SAID, “LORD, I KNOW THAT CAMERA HAD VALUE AND WE NEED A CAMERA IN THIS MINISTRY. BUT I DON’T WANT ANOTHER MINOLTA. IT’S A GOOD CAMERA, BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH RANGE TO DO WHAT I NEED. WHAT I WANT IS A NIKON F.”
THIS WAS BACK IN THE EARLY ‘70S WHEN JUST THE BODY OF A NIKON F WAS WORTH ANYWHERE FROM $700 TO $900. THE TWO LENSES I NEEDED WERE WORTH ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT, SO TO BUY THE WHOLE OUTFIT, I MIGHT HAVE TO PAY UP TO $1800. BUT I WASN’T WORRIED. I HAD MY SEED IN THE GROUND AND I STARTED GETTING EXCITED. I STARTED EXPECTING THE HARVEST.
WHAT A DEAL!
CAN YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME? I COULD HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE SEETHING OVER THAT STOLEN CAMERA. I COULD HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE GETTING OFFENDED, CUTTING MYSELF OFF FROM THE ANOINTING OF GOD. BUT I WASN’T! I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THAT THIEF. I WAS TOO BUSY BEING THRILLED WITH THE NEW CAMERA GOD WAS GIVING ME TO WORRY ABOUT HOW THE THIEF HAD DONE ME WRONG!
A FEW DAYS LATER, GLORIA AND I WERE WALKING ALONG THE STREET IN SAN FRANSISCO WHEN I SPOTTED A NIKON F CAMERA BOX SITTING IN THE WINDOW OF A SMALL SHOP. I WENT IN AND ASKED THE STORE CLERK HOW MUCH THEY WANTED FOR IT.
“WE DON’T HAVE A NIKON F,” SHE ANSWERED.
“YES, YOU DO. IT’S RIGHT THERE IN THE WINDOW.”
SHE REACHED OVER AND GOT IT, LOOKED PUZZLED AND CARRIED IT TO A JAPANESE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK OF THE STORE. “HOW MUCH IS THIS?” SHE ASKED HIM.
HE THREW UP HIS HANDS AND SAID SOMETHING IN JAPANESE THAT I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND. SO I JUST DUG AROUND IN MY POCKET AND FOUND SOME TRAVELLER’S CHEQUES. “HERE,” I SAID, “I HAVE $250. WILL YOU SELL IT TO ME FOR THAT?”
“OK!” SAID THE JAPANESE MAN.
OF COURSE I WAS EXCITED ABOUT GETTING JUST THE BODY OF A NIKON F FOR THAT PRICE. BUT BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THE STORE CLERK DUG AROUND IN A DRAWER, FOUND A NIKON 50 MM LENS AND HANDED IT TO ME ALONG WITH THE CAMERA. GLORY TO GOD, MY CROP WAS COMING UP!
IT WASN’T FINISHED YET, EITHER. JUST A FEW DAYS LATER IN ANOTHER CITY, GLORIA AND I WERE WALKING ALONG THE STREET AGAIN AND WE STOPPED IN A CAMERA STORE. I LOOKED UP AND NOTICED THAT WAY UP HIGH ON THE TOP OF THE DISPLAY SHELF THERE WAS A LENS CASE FOR A NIKON 200 MM LENS.
THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. THE STORE OWNER DIDN’T KNOW HE HAD IT, AND DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO CHARGE FOR IT. SO HE SOLD IT TO ME FOR $100!
I DON’T MIND TELLING YOU, BY THE TIME THAT DEAL WAS DONE, I WAS ALMOST HOPING SOMEONE WOULD STEAL SOMETHING FROM ME. BUT THEN I REALISED, HEY, I CAN GIVE IT - WITHOUT SOMEONE HAVING TO STEAL IT! I LIKED THAT KIND OF HARVEST!
YOU’D LIKE THAT KIND OF HARVEST TOO, WOULDN’T YOU?
WELL, YOU CAN HAVE IT. JUST START TAKING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OFFENSE AND PLANTING THEM AS SEEDS. INSTEAD OF CRYING OVER HOW BADLY YOU’VE BEEN HURT, TURN THOSE HURTS INTO HARVESTS AND START LAUGHING AT THE DEVIL. TAKE EVERYTHING UGLY HE HAS EVER THROWN AT YOU AND SOW IT AS A SEED.
BEGIN NOW BY PRAYING:
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, RIGHT NOW I SOW AS SEED IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD
BVOV
I RISE ABOVE THE
(BAD) STORM DECLARATION
SATAN, JESUS DEFEATED YOU IN HEAVEN.
IT IS WRITTEN:
ISA 22:17-19; ISA 14:12-15; EZEK 28:12-19; LUKE 10:18; REV 12:7-9. JESUS SAID: I SAW SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN. HOW YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN! YOU ARE REDUCED TO ASHES ON THE GROUND.
AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK OF THE COVENANT (2 KINGS 23:21):
(GOD SPEAKING TO ABRAHAM): YOU ARE TO UNDERGO CIRCUMCISION, AND IT WILL BE THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND YOU. (GEN 17:11). CHRIST IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT (HEB 9:15). WITH THE CIRCUMCISION DONE BY CHRIST, HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM AND RAISED WITH HIM THROUGH YOUR FAITH IN THE POWER OF GOD, WHO RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD. (COL 2:8-15). CIRCUMCISION IS CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, BY THE SPIRIT, (ROM 2:29). SUCH A MAN’S PRAISE IS NOT FROM MEN, BUT FROM GOD. I WILL PUT MY LAWS IN THEIR HEARTS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR MINDS (HEB 10:16). BE A LETTER FROM CHRIST…WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON TABLETS OF HUMAN HEARTS. (2 COR 3:3). FOR IT IS WE WHO ARE THE CIRCUMCISION, WE WHO WORSHIP BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WHO GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS, AND WHO PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. (PHIL 3:3). I HAVE UNDERGONE CIRCUMCISION, AND IT IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND ME. I AM IN BLOOD COVENANT WITH GOD. (2 COR 11:24-25).
(GOD SPEAKING TO ABRAHAM): YOU ARE TO UNDERGO CIRCUMCISION, AND IT WILL BE THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND YOU. (GEN 17:11). CHRIST IS THE MEDIATOR OF THE NEW COVENANT (HEB 9:15). WITH THE CIRCUMCISION DONE BY CHRIST, HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM AND RAISED WITH HIM THROUGH YOUR FAITH IN THE POWER OF GOD, WHO RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD. (COL 2:8-15). CIRCUMCISION IS CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, BY THE SPIRIT, (ROM 2:29). SUCH A MAN’S PRAISE IS NOT FROM MEN, BUT FROM GOD. I WILL PUT MY LAWS IN THEIR HEARTS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR MINDS (HEB 10:16). BE A LETTER FROM CHRIST…WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON TABLETS OF HUMAN HEARTS. (2 COR 3:3). FOR IT IS WE WHO ARE THE CIRCUMCISION, WE WHO WORSHIP BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WHO GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS, AND WHO PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. (PHIL 3:3). I HAVE UNDERGONE CIRCUMCISION, AND IT IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND ME. I AM IN BLOOD COVENANT WITH GOD. (2 COR 11:24-25).
PRAISE BE TO YOU, O LORD GOD OUR
FATHER:
FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING
YOURS, O LORD IS THE GREATNESS AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY AND THE MAJESTY AND
THE SPLENDOUR, FOR EVERYTHING IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IS YOURS. YOURS, O LORD, IS
THE KINGDOM. YOU ARE EXALTED AS HEAD OVER ALL. WEALTH AND HONOUR COME FROM YOU;
YOU ARE THE RULER OF ALL THINGS. IN YOUR HANDS ARE STRENGTH AND POWER TO EXALT
AND GIVE STRENGTH TO ALL. NOW, OUR GOD, I GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE YOUR
GLORIOUS NAME. HOW GREAT YOU ARE O SOVEREIGN LORD! THERE IS NO ONE LIKE YOU,
AND THERE IS NO GOD BUT YOU. GOD, THE BLESSED AND ONLY RULER, THE KING OF KINGS
AND LORD OF LORDS, WHO ALONE IS IMMORTAL AND WHO LIVES IN UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT,
WHOM NO ONE HAS SEEN OR CAN SEE. TO HIM BE HONOUR AND MIGHT FOREVER. AMEN.
THE HEAVENS, EVEN THE HIGHEST HEAVENS,
CANNOT CONTAIN GOD. IN THE COUNCIL OF THE HOLY ONES YOU ARE GREATLY FEARED; YOU
ARE MORE AWESOME THAN ALL WHO SURROUND YOU. THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE, AND
UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS: AND HE SHALL THRUST OU THE ENEMY
FROM BEFORE THEE; AND SHALL SAY, DESTROY THEM (DEUT 33:27). IN PERFECT
FAITHFULNESS YOU DO MARVELOUS THINGS.
I TAKE COMMUNION.
I AM A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE BELONGING TO GOD, THAT I MAY DECLARE THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED ME OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT. (1 PETER 2:9). I PUT ON THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD ACCORDING TO EPHESIANS 6. PROTECT ME BY THE POWER OF THE NAME OF JESUS. (JOHN 17:11). LORD, BE A WALL OF FIRE AROUND ME AND MY GLORY WITHIN. (ZEC 2:5). ENCOMPASS ME AS WITH A SHIELD. (PS 5:11-12). PUT THE BLOOD OF JESUS AS A HEDGE ABOUT ME, MY HOUSEHOLD AND EVERYTHING I HAVE. (JOB 1:10). LORD YOU ARE A SHIELD ABOUT ME. (PS 3:3; PS 97:10). GIVE YOUR ANGELS CHARGE OVER ME. (PS 91:11). SPREAD YOUR PROTECTION OVER ME. FOR I AM AN HEIR OF SALVATION, AN HEIR OF GOD AND A JOINT HEIR WITH CHRIST. (HEB 1:14; ROM 8:17). I ANOINT MY FOREHEAD WITH OIL. I AM SET APART TO GOD. A SEAL HOLY TO THE LORD - CONSECRATED AS A PRIEST TO SERVE MY GOD. (REV 1:6, EX 29:20-21). YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD (REV 22:4, EX 29:6), FOR I BELONG TO YOU. I AM ANOINTED OF GOD, A HOLY NATION. (ROM 8:11, ISA 61:1, 1 PETER 2:9). YOU SAID,
‘DO NOT TOUCH MY ANOINTED ONES’. THE ANOINTING BREAKS THE YOKE (ISA 10:27, ISA 58:6, ISA 9:4, ISA 45:2). YOU ARE LORD OF THE BREAKTHROUGH (1 CHRON 14:11). JESUS, YOUR NAME IS AS OINTMENT POURED FORTH (SS 1:3). I SPEAK THE PRECIOUS OIL POURED DOWN ON AARON’S BEARD, DOWN UPON THE COLLAR OF HIS ROBES…FOR THERE THE LORD BESTOWS HIS BLESSING, EVEN LIFE FOREVERMORE (PS 133:2). I SPEAK THE BLESSING OF NUMBERS 6:22-27, THE PRIESTLY BLESSING OVER ME. SO YOU WILL PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR PEOPLE AND BLESS THEM.
WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE: SPIRIT OF THE LORD REST ON ME, SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND OF UNDERSTANDING, SPIRIT OF COUNSEL AND OF POWER, SPIRIT OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF THE FEAR OF THE LORD, FOR I DELIGHT IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD. (ISA 11:2-3). I
I AM SEATED WITH CHRIST IN HEAVENLY PLACES FAR ABOVE ALL PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, MIGHT, DOMINION AND EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED.
EPH 1 GOD RAISED CHRIST FROM THE DEAD AND SEATED HIM AT HIS RIGHT HAND IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS, FAR ABOVE ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY, POWER AND DOMINION AND EVERY TITLE THAT CAN BE GIVEN, NOT ONLY IN THE PRESENT AGE BUT ALSO IN THE ONE TO COME. AND GOD PLACED ALL THINGS UNDER HIS FEET AND APPOINTED HIM TO BE HEAD OVER EVERYTHING FOR THE CHURCH, WHICH IS HIS BODY..
EPH 2:6 AND GOD RAISED US UP WITH CHRIST AND SEATED US WITH HIM IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS IN CHRIST JESUS..(FAR ABOVE ALL RULE AND AUTHORITY, POWER AND DOMINION AND EVERY TITLE THAT CAN BE GIVEN)
EPH 6:12 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 WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD, SO THAT WHEN THE DAY OF EVIL COMES, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO STAND YOUR GROUND, AND AFTER HAVING DONE EVERYTHING TO STAND, TO STAND.
I AM SEATED WITH CHRIST IN THE THIRD HEAVEN. THE DEMONIC POWERS IN THE SECOND HEAVEN ARE FAR BELOW; THOSE ON THE EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH EVEN LOWER. THE BATTLE IS THE LORD’S. JESUS IS IN GOD AND I AM IN JESUS AND HE IS IN ME. HE WILL GIVE VICTORY. DEVIL YOU ARE DEFEATED:
SATAN, JESUS DEFEATED YOU IN HEAVEN.
IT IS WRITTEN:
ISA 22:17-19; ISA 14:12-15; EZEK 28:12-19; LUKE 10:18; REV 12:7-9. JESUS SAID: I SAW SATAN FALL LIKE LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN. HOW YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM HEAVEN! YOU ARE REDUCED TO ASHES ON THE GROUND.
SATAN, JESUS DEFEATED YOU ON EARTH. IT IS WRITTEN:
COL 2:15; HEBR 2:14; 1 JOHN 3:8; JOHN 16:8-11. JESUS SPOILT PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS MAKING A SHOW OF THEM OPENLY, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM IN IT AT THE CROSS AT CALVARY.
SATAN, JESUS DEFEATED YOU UNDER THE EARTH. IT IS WRITTEN:
REV 1:8; HEBR 2:14; LUKE 24:39; LUKE 24:46; ROM 1:4; ACTS 2:24. JESUS IS HE THAT LIVETH AND WAS DEAD AND BEHOLD, HE IS ALIVE FOREVERMORE AND HE HAS THE KEYS OF HELL AND DEATH.
I AM IN COVENANT WITH GOD. IT IS WRITTEN: I OVERCOME YOU BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF MY TESTIMONY (COVENANT). (REV 12:11). AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE COVENANT (2 KINGS 23:21) AND THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD. THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY. (REV 19:10). I DO NOT PUT OUT THE SPIRIT'S FIRE; I DO NOT TREAT PROPHECIES WITH CONTEMPT. I OBEY GOD’S COMMANDS AND HOLD FAST TO HIS TESTIMONY. THE LAW OF THE LORD IS PERFECT, CONVERTING THE SOUL: THE TESTIMONY OF THE LORD IS SURE, MAKING WISE THE SIMPLE (PS:19:7).
I HEAR GOD’S WORD AND FOLLOW HIM. I AM HELD IN GOD’S HAND AND NO ONE CAN SNATCH ME OUT. I AM NOT IN THE HAND OF MAN, I AM NOT IN THE HAND OF CIRCUMSTANCES, I AM IN THE HAND OF GOD. (JOHN 10:29). IT IS WRITTEN: ALL THE HOLY ONES ARE IN YOUR HAND. (DEUT 33:3).
GREAT IS MY LORD AND MIGHTY IN POWER. YOUR UNDERSTANDING HAS NO LIMIT. (PS 147:5). RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE ARE THE FOUNDATION OF YOUR THRONE. YOU ARE THE RIGHTEOUS JUDGE (2 TIM 4:8). I LAY A STONE IN ZION. JESUS CHRIST THE CHIEF CORNERSTONE, THE WORD OF GOD. YOU WILL MAKE JUSTICE THE MEASURING LINE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS THE PLUMBLINE. (ISA 28:16-17). YOU JUDGE BY YOUR WORD. (DAN 7:9-10). THE SPIRIT OF JUDGMENT AND THE SPIRIT OF FIRE. (ISA 4:4). IS NOT YOUR WORD LIKE FIRE AND LIKE A HAMMER THAT SMASHES THE ROCK IN PIECES? (JER 23:29). FOR THEIR rock IS NOT LIKE OUR ROCK AS EVEN OUR ENEMIES CONCEDE. (DEUT 32:31). NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY YOUR SPIRIT, LORD. WHAT ARE YOU O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN? BEFORE ME, YOU WILL BECOME LEVEL GROUND. GOD BLESS, GOD BLESS THE CORNERSTONE, JESUS CHRIST! I STAND ON BLOOD COVENANT. (ZEC 4:6-7). THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE. SHARPER THAN ANY DOUBLE EDGED SWORD, IT PENETRATES EVEN TO DIVIDING SOUL AND SPIRIT, JOINTS AND MARROW; IT JUDGES THE THOUGHTS AND ATTITUDES OF THE HEART. NOTHING IN ALL CREATION IS HIDDEN FROM YOUR SIGHT. EVERYTHING IS UNCOVERED AND LAID BARE BEFORE THE EYES OF HIM TO WHOM WE MUST GIVE ACCOUNT. (HEB 4:13).
YOU LIFT YOUR VOICE, THE EARTH MELTS. THE MOUNTAINS MELT BENEATH YOU AND THE VALLEYS SPLIT APART, LIKE WAX BEFORE THE FIRE, LIKE WATER RUSHING DOWN A SLOPE. (MICAH 1:4). FATHER GOD, YOU SAID ‘I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL OF FIRE AROUND YOU, SAYS THE LORD, AND I WILL BE YOUR GLORY WITHIN’ (ZECH 2:5). MY GOD IS A CONSUMING FIRE (HEBREWS 12:29). BE A WALL OF CONSUMING FIRE AROUND ME, LORD. A SHIELD AROUND ME (PS 5:12). WHEN THE ENEMY COMES IN. LIKE A FLOOD, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WILL SET UP A STANDARD AGAINST HIM. IS NOT YOUR WORD LIKE FIRE, LORD (JER 23:29). SEE, THE NAME OF THE LORD COMES… HIS TONGUE IS A CONSUMING FIRE. (ISA 30:27). THE BREATH OF THE LORD, LIKE A STREAM OF BURNING SULPHUR, SETS ALL WITCHCRAFT AND CURSES ABLAZE. (ISA 30:33). MAKE YOUR WORDS IN MY MOUTH LIKE A FIRE (JER 5:14). THE MOUNTAINS MELT LIKE WAX BEFORE YOU, THE LORD OF ALL THE EARTH (PS 97:5, MICAH 1:4, PS 68:2). HE WHO TOUCHES THE EARTH AND IT MELTS (AMOS 9:5). FIRE GOES BEFORE YOU AND CONSUMES YOUR FOE ON EVERY SIDE (PS 97:3). SPIRIT OF FIRE, BURN UP ALL WITCHCRAFT: SURELY THEY ARE LIKE STUBBLE; THE FIRE WILL BURN THEM UP. (ISA 47:8-14). THEY CANNOT SAVE THEMSELVES FROM THE POWER OF THE FLAME (ISA 47:14). I SPEAK TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST AND EVERY COMPASS POINT INBETWEEN: SPIRIT OF FIRE, BURN UP ALL WITCHCRAFT. CURSES, DIE OUT AS QUICKLY AS BURNING THORNS, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, I CUT THEM OFF. (PS 118:12). I SPEAK JESUS TOOK ALL THE CURSES FOR ME ON THE CROSS (GAL 3:13). IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, SPIRIT OF FIRE BREAK AND DISSOLVE AND BURN UP EVERY CURSE, SPELL, HEX, EVIL WISHES, EVIL DESIRES, AND ALL HEREDITARY SEALS. SURELY THEY ARE LIKE STUBBLE; THE FIRE WILL BURN THEM UP. THEY CANNOT SAVE THEMSELVES FROM THE POWER OF THE FLAME. THEY ARE BURNT UP IN THE FIRE OF JESUS CHRIST. LORD, YOU ARE A CONSUMING FIRE AROUND ME. WITH THE SPIRIT OF FIRE ON MY TONGUE, BREATH OF THE LORD, LIKE A STREAM OF BURNING SULPHUR SET ABLAZE, FIRE GOES BEFORE ME AND CONSUMES MY FOES ON EVERY SIDE: IN THE POWER OF JESUS NAME, SEND YOUR FIRE ON FALSE PROPHETS, FALSE VISIONARIES, FALSE MYSTICS, AND ON PSYCHICS, CLAIRVOYANCE, ASTROLOGERS, MEDIUMS, SEERS, SATANIC CULTS, FORTUNE TELLERS, SEANCES, OUIJA BOARDS, TAROT CARDS, AND OCCULT GAMES OF ALL KINDS. I SIT WITH CHRIST IN HEAVENLY PLACES, FAR ABOVE ALL PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, MIGHT AND DOMINION, AND ABOVE EVERY NAME THAT IS NAMED, AND IN JESUS NAME, BY THE FLAMING SWORD OF THE SPIRIT (HEBREWS 4:12) I BREAK AND DISSOLVE ALL LINKS WITH THEM AND I NULLIFY THEM IN THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.
LORD, I SPEAK GALATIANS 3:13 OVER ANY CURSES. I SPEAK THE BLOOD OF JESUS AS A HEDGE AROUND ME. I BREAK ANY YOKES IN THE POWER OF JESUS NAME, THE ANOINTING, AND THE POWER OF BLOOD COVENANT. I SEND YOUR FIRE ON ALL THORNS. BURN THEM UP, IN JESUS NAME. (GAL 3:13; PS 118:10-16; ISA 33:12).
IN THE NAME OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, BY THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD, IN THE AUTHORITY OF HIS WORD GIVEN TO ME AS HIS BODY, I RENOUNCE ALL SATANIC VOWS, SATANIC PACTS/COVENANTS, SATANIC SACRIFICES, VOODOO PRACTICES, MIND CONTROL, AND EASTERN RELIGIOUS PRACTICES. I BREAK EVERY COVENANT AND/OR BLOOD COVENANT THAT WAS MADE AND I CANCEL IT OUT IN THE FIRE OF GOD AND THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST. FATHER GOD, IF THERE IS ANY BLOOD THAT IS TESTIFYING AGAINST ME IN THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION, PLEASE QUIETEN THAT BLOOD WITH THE BLOOD OF JESUS. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, THE LIVING ONE, WHO HOLDS THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HADES (REV 1:18), I SUBMIT TO GOD, I BIND AND REJECT YOU SATAN, AND I COMMAND: ALL COVENANTS WITH SATAN UPROOTED. I DESTROY THE TREE AND ITS FRUIT (JER 11:19, EZEK 19:12,14, MATT 7:19, JOHN 15:6). I ANNUL ALL COVENANTS WITH DEATH, ALL AGREEMENTS WITH THE GRAVE WILL NOT STAND (ISA 28:18). BURN WITH THE FIRE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, TO ASHES. I ASK FORGIVENESS FOR THAT SIN AND I THANK YOU FOR THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT CLEANSES ME. THANK YOU FOR THE BLOOD OF JESUS THAT SETS ME FREE. I SPEAK ISA 40:24 OVER ANY FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO SET UP SATANIC COVENANTS AGAINST ME.
FATHER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, I RETURN SATAN’S DEED OF RETALIATION UPON HIS OWN HEAD AND BIND ALL POSSIBLE BACKLASHES. (JOEL 3:4). I CHOOSE TO ACT IN LOVE.
IF GOD BE FOR ME, WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME? WHO CAN SEPARATE ME FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? IN ALL THINGS I AM MORE THAN A CONQUEROR IN HIM. (ROM 8:31-39). AVENGE ME SPEEDILY, LORD MY GOD. WILL NOT GOD BRING ABOUT JUSTICE FOR HIS CHOSEN ONES WHO CRY OUT TO HIM DAY AND NIGHT? YOU WILL SEE THAT I GET JUSTICE AND QUICKLY. (ROM 12:19-20) (LUKE 18:7-8)(1 PETER 3:9).
AS IN THE DAY OF MIDIAN’S DEFEAT, SHATTER THE YOKE THAT BURDENS ME, THE BAR ACROSS MY SHOULDERS, THE ROD OF MY OPPRESSOR. (ISA 9:4). THE MIDIANITE ARMY OF 135 000 MEN WERE DEFEATED BY 300 MEN LED BY GIDEON WHO OBEYED GOD‘S INSTRUCTIONS.
MY FEET HAVE CLOSELY FOLLOWED HIS FOOTSTEPS. I HAVE KEPT TO HIS WAY WITHOUT TURNING ASIDE. I MUST OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN (ACTS 5:29). I HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM THE COMMANDS OF HIS LIPS. I HAVE TREASURED THE WORDS OF HIS MOUTH MORE THAN MY DAILY BREAD (JOB 23:11). GOD GUIDES ME. I KEEP MY EYES ON HIM AND TRUST HIM. MANY EVILS CONFRONT THE CONSISTENTLY RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE LORD DELIVERS ME OUT OF THEM ALL. HE WILL BRING HIS WORD TO PASS. NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME CAN PROSPER. THEY ARE ALL FIGHTING GOD. JER 1:19.
BECAUSE I AM WALKING IN BLOOD COVENANT WITH GOD, OBEYING HIS WORD, I ASK WHAT I WISH AND IT WILL BE GIVEN ME. HE WILL GUIDE ME ALWAYS AND SATISFY MY NEEDS IN A SUN SCORCHED LAND. BECAUSE I OBEY HIS COMMANDS ALL THE BLESSINGS ARE MINE. (ISA 58:11; DEUT 28:1-14; PS 23). I DECREE A THING AND IT WILL BE ESTABLISHED FOR ME. I AM IN BLOOD COVENANT AGREEMENT WITH GOD AND HE IS PERFECTLY FAITHFUL AND TRUE TO THE COVENANT. HE WORKS WITH ME WITH SIGNS AND WONDERS FOLLOWING THE SPOKEN WORD. GOD IS INVISIBLE BUT HE IS MY HELP. LORD, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO HELP OR TO OVERTHROW. (2 CHRON 25:8). YOUR POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS. (2 COR 12:9). BEFORE I CALL, YOU WILL ANSWER. (ISA 65:24).
THE WORLD MUST LEARN THAT I LOVE THE FATHER AND THAT I DO EXACTLY WHAT MY FATHER HAS COMMANDED ME. (JOHN 14:31). YOU HAVE SET ME AN EXAMPLE THAT I SHOULD DO AS YOU HAVE DONE FOR ME. NO SERVANT IS GREATER THAN HIS MASTER. (JOHN 13:12-17). JESUS SAID: ‘IF THE WORLD HATES YOU, KEEP IN MIND THAT IT HATED ME FIRST. IF YOU BELONGED TO THE WORLD IT WOULD LOVE YOU AS ITS OWN. AS IT IS, YOU DO NOT BELONG TO THE WORLD, BUT I HAVE CHOSEN YOU OUT OF THE WORLD. THAT IS WHY THE WORLD HATES YOU. REMEMBER THE WORDS I SPOKE TO YOU: NO SERVANT IS GREATER THAN HIS MASTER. IF THEY PERSECUTED ME, THEY WILL PERSECUTE YOU ALSO. IF THEY OBEYED MY TEACHING, THEY WILL OBEY YOURS ALSO. THEY WILL TREAT YOU THIS WAY BECAUSE OF MY NAME, FOR THEY DO NOT KNOW THE ONE WHO SENT ME… THEY HATED ME WITHOUT REASON.’ (JOHN 15:18:25).
BUT THE COUNSELLOR, THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME, WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS AND REMIND YOU OF EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID TO YOU. LEAD AND GUIDE ME INTO ALL TRUTH, SHOW ME THINGS TO COME, REMIND ME OF THE WORDS OF JESUS, REVEAL TO ME WHAT GOD HAS PLANNED, PRAY THROUGH ME THE WILL OF THE FATHER. LET ME WALK IN STEP WITH YOU, ANOINTED WITH POWER, LOVE AND THE WISDOM OF GOD. AMEN. INTERCEDE FOR ME IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOD’S WILL. (ROM 8:27). HOLY SPIRIT, STICK CLOSER THAN A BROTHER TO ME. YOU ARE MY COMFORTER, MY COUNSELLOR, MY ADVOCATE, MY TEACHER, MY HELPER, MY INTERCESSOR, THE STRENGTH OF MY LIFE, SPIRIT OF TRUTH. MY GREATEST FRIEND, GOD IN COVENANT WITH ME. O LORD, GOD OF ISRAEL, THERE IS NO GOD LIKE YOU IN HEAVEN OR ON EARTH - YOU WHO KEEP YOUR COVENANT OF LOVE WITH YOUR SERVANTS WHO CONTINUE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN YOUR WAY. (2 CHRON 6:14). IN PERFECT FAITHFULNESS YOU DO MARVELOUS THINGS (ISA 25:1).
I HEAR JESUS VOICE AND I FOLLOW HIM. EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL, FOR HE IS WITH ME. THE RISING SUN WILL COME TO ME FROM HEAVEN TO SHINE ON THOSE LIVING IN DARKNESS AND IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH, TO GUIDE MY FEET IN THE PATH OF PEACE. BY HIS LIGHT I WALK THROUGH THE DARKNESS. THROUGH TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY WORD SHALL BE ESTABLISHED (HEB 10:28; MATT 18:16; 2 COR 13:1; DEUT 19:15). LET GOD BE TRUE AND EVERY MAN A LIAR. (ROM 3:4; NUM 23:19).
I WRITE DOWN THE REVELATION AND MAKE IT PLAIN ON PAPER THAT I MAY RUN WITH IT. FOR THE REVELATION AWAITS AN APPOINTED TIME; IT SPEAKS OF THE END AND WILL NOT PROVE FALSE. THOUGH IT LINGER, WAIT FOR IT; IT WILL CERTAINLY COME AND WILL NOT DELAY. THE RIGHTEOUS WILL LIVE BY HIS FAITH. HE WHO IS SEATED ON THE THRONE SAID: ‘I AM MAKING EVERYTHING NEW!‘ THEN HE SAID: ‘WRITE THIS DOWN, FOR THESE WORDS ARE TRUSTWORTHY AND TRUE.‘ HE SAID TO ME: ‘IT IS DONE. I AM THE ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE END.‘
THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS - HE WHO CREATED ME, WHO FORMED ME: FEAR NOT, FOR I HAVE REDEEMED YOU; I HAVE CALLED YOU BY NAME; YOU ARE MINE. WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE WATERS I WILL BE WITH YOU; AND WHEN YOU PASS THROUGH THE RIVERS, THEY WILL NOT SWEEP OVER YOU. WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THE FIRE, YOU WILL NOT BE BURNED; THE FLAMES WILL NOT SET YOU ABLAZE. FOR I AM THE LORD, YOUR GOD, THE HOLY ONE (IN COVENANT WITH HIS PEOPLE) YOUR SAVIOUR. DO NOT BE AFRAID, FOR I AM WITH YOU. NO ONE CAN DELIVER OUT OF MY HAND. WHEN I ACT, WHO CAN REVERSE IT? (ISA 43).
I WILL MAKE A COVENANT OF PEACE WITH YOU. (EZEK 34:25-26). THOUGH THE MOUNTAINS BE SHAKEN AND THE HILLS BE REMOVED, YET MY UNFAILING LOVE FOR YOU WILL NOT BE SHAKEN NOR MY COVENANT OF PEACE BE REMOVED, SAYS THE LORD, WHO HAS COMPASSION ON YOU. O AFFLICATED PERSON, LASHED BY STORMS AND NOT COMFORTED, I WILL BUILD YOU WITH (PRECIOUS STONES - THE WORD OF GOD). IN RIGHTEOUSNESS YOU WILL BE ESTABLISHED. TYRANNY WILL BE FAR FROM YOU; YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR. TERROR WILL BE FAR REMOVED; IT WILL NOT COME NEAR YOU. IF ANYONE DOES ATTACK YOU, IT WILL NOT BE MY DOING; WHOEVER ATTACKS YOU WILL SURRENDER TO YOU. …NO WEAPON FORGED AGAINST YOU WILL PREVAIL AND YOU WILL REFUTE EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES UP AGAINST YOU. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD, AND THIS IS YOUR VINDICATION FROM ME, DECLARES THE LORD. (ISA 54:10-17).
IF I DO NOT STAND FIRM IN MY FAITH, I WILL NOT STAND AT ALL. (ISA 7:9). THE RIGHTEOUS ARE LIKE MOUNT ZION WHICH CANNOT BE MOVED. IT IS NOT ONLY THE AGED THAT ARE WISE, NOT ONLY THE AGED THAT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS RIGHT. ENABLE YOUR SERVANT TO SPEAK YOUR WORD WITH GREAT BOLDNESS. STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND TO PERFORM WONDERS AND MIRACULOUS SIGNS THROUGH THE NAME OF JESUS. FILL ME WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT TO SPEAK THE WORD OF GOD BOLDLY (ACTS 4:29-31). THE LORD IS WITH ME LIKE A MIGHTY WARRIOR; SO MY PERSECUTORS WILL STUMBLE AND NOT PREVAIL. (JER 20).
HE MAKES MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARPENED SWORD. OPPOSITION CANNOT STAND UP AGAINST MY WISDOM OR THE SPIRIT BY WHICH I SPEAK. HIS WORD IS IN MY HEART LIKE A BURNING FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES. I CANNOT HOLD IT IN. JESUS SAID,
‘WHEN YOU ARE BROUGHT BEFORE SYNAGOGUES, RULERS AND AUTHORITIES, DO NOT WORRY ABOUT HOW YOU WILL DEFEND YOURSELVES OR WHAT YOU WILL SAY, FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL TEACH YOU AT THAT TIME WHAT YOU SHOULD SAY. (LUKE 12:11). FOR I WILL GIVE YOU WORDS AND WISDOM THAT NONE OF YOUR ADVERSARIES WILL BE ABLE TO RESIST OR CONTRADICT. (LUKE 21:15). I SPEAK ONLY WHAT I HEAR MY FATHER GOD SAY (JOHN 12:50). THEY WILL ONLY FIND THEMSELVES FIGHTING GOD.
WHO HAS HELPED YOU SPEAK THESE WORDS? WHOSE SPIRIT SPOKE FROM YOUR MOUTH? (JOB 26:4). WHO IS THIS THAT DARKENS HIS COUNSEL WITH WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE? (JOB 38:2). I LISTEN TO YOU ONLY, LORD GOD. (MARK 4:24; LUKE 8:18; MATT 13). THE VOICE OF A STRANGER I WILL NOT FOLLOW. (JOHN 10:5). EVERY PLANT THAT MY HEAVENLY FATHER HAS NOT PLANTED WILL BE PULLED UP BY THE ROOTS. LEAVE THEM, THEY ARE BLIND GUIDES. IF A BLIND MAN LEADS A BLIND MAN, BOTH WILL FALL INTO A PIT. (MATT 15:13). SEE, I LAY A STONE IN ZION, A CHOSEN AND PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE, AND THE ONE WHO TRUSTS IN HIM WILL NEVER BE PUT TO SHAME. A STONE THAT CAUSES MEN TO STUMBLE AND A ROCK THAT MAKES THEM FALL. (1 PETER 2:6-8). I LAY IT LORD, IN THIS SITUATION (ISA 28:15-29). (JER 23:16-40). WOE TO THOSE (WHO TRUST IN THE FLESH). YET GOD TOO IS WISE AND CAN BRING DISASTER; HE DOES NOT TAKE BACK HIS WORDS. HE WILL RISE UP AGAINST THE HOUSE OF THE WICKED, AGAINST THOSE WHO HELP EVIL DOERS. BUT THEY ARE MEN AND NOT GOD; THEIR HORSES ARE FLESH AND NOT SPIRIT. WHEN THE LORD STRETCHES OUT HIS HAND, HE WHO HELPS WILL STUMBLE, HE WHO IS HELPED WILL FALL; BOTH WILL PERISH TOGETHER. (ISA 31:1-3; PS 20:6-8; MATT 21:44; 1 PETER 2:8; ISA 28:16; ISA 8:11-17). THE LORD ALMIGHTY IS THE ONE YOU ARE TO FEAR. THEY SOW THE WIND AND THEY REAP THE WHIRLWIND (PUNISHMENT OF GOD). (HOSEA 8:7). THEY ARE BUT WIND, THE WORD IS NOT IN THEM (JER 5:13-14). AS THE WHIRLWIND PASSETH, SO IS THE WICKED NO MORE: BUT THE RIGHTEOUS IS AN EVERLASTING FOUNDATION (PROV 10:25). GOD SHALL REBUKE THEM (SEE ISA 17:10-14). (ISA 57:13) (ZECH 7:11-14). BUT I SOW THE WORD OF GOD AND THE WORD BECOMES FLESH. (JOHN 1:14). IT WILL NOT RETURN VOID (ISA 55:11). THY WILL BE DONE, THY KINGDOM COME, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (MATT 6:9-10).
I BIND THE STRONGMAN BLINDING THEM FROM THE LIGHT OF THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST, AND REMOVE THE BLINDFOLDS OVER THEIR MINDS AND HEARTS, EYES AND EARS. I SPEAK THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT (HEB 4:12), SPIRIT OF FIRE, SPIRIT OF JUDGMENT. (ISA 4:4), SPIRIT OF TRUTH (JOHN 16:13), SPIRIT OF CONVICTION (JOHN 16:8-11) AND SPIRIT OF SUPPLICATION (ZECH 12:10) INTO THEIR HEARTS IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS CHRIST.
FOR IT IS WE WHO ARE THE CIRCUMCISION, WE WHO WORSHIP BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WHO GLORY IN CHRIST JESUS, AND WHO PUT NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. (PHIL 3:3). I HAVE THIS TREASURE IN A JAR OF CLAY TO SHOW THAT THIS ALL SURPASSING POWER IS FROM GOD NOT ME.
LORD I ASK FOR WISDOM (JAMES 1:5; ISA 11:2-3). THE SECRET THINGS BELONG TO THE LORD MY GOD BUT THE THINGS REVEALED BELONG TO ME …FOREVER, SO THAT I MAY FOLLOW ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LAW (WORD OF GOD). (DEUT 29:29)(1 COR 2). I CHOOSE LIFE. (DEUT 30:15). I STAND ON BLOOD COVENANT (LUKE 22:19-20; I COR 11:24-25), REVELATION KNOWLEDGE THAT THE GATES OF HELL CANNOT PREVAIL AGAINST (MATT 16:16-19), THE PROPHETIC WORD OF GOD THAT IS GOD (1 THESS 5:19-20; REV 19:10; JOHN 1:1; JOHN 1:14; REV 19:13). YOUR WORD, O LORD, IS ETERNAL, IT STANDS FIRM IN THE HEAVENS. HEAVEN AND EARTH WILL PASS AWAY, BUT YOUR WORD STANDS FOREVER. YOU WATCH OVER YOUR WORD TO PERFORM IT (JER 1:12). I SPEAK ONLY WHAT I HEAR MY FATHER GOD SAY (JOHN 12:50). WHAT I FORETELL COMES TO PASS, THE WORD OF THE LORD PROVES ME TRUE (PS 105:19).
LORD, BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, YOU WILL RESCUE ME; YOU WILL PROTECT ME FOR I ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR NAME. I WILL CALL UPON YOU AND YOU WILL ANSWER ME; YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN TROUBLE, YOU WILL DELIVER ME AND HONOUR ME. WITH LONG LIFE YOU WILL SATISFY ME AND SHOW ME YOUR SALVATION.(PS 91:14-16).
FOR I DID NOT RECEIVE A SPIRIT THAT MAKES ME A SLAVE AGAIN TO FEAR, BUT I RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF SONSHIP. AND BY HIM I CRY ‘ABBA FATHER’. THE SPIRIT HIMSELF TESTIFIES WITH MY SPIRIT THAT I AM A CHILD OF GOD. NOW IF WE ARE CHILDREN, THEN WE ARE HEIRS - HEIRS OF GOD AND CO-HEIRS WITH CHRIST, IF INDEED WE SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS IN ORDER THAT WE MAY ALSO SHARE IN HIS GLORY. IF I AM INSULTED BECAUSE OF THE NAME OF CHRIST I AM BLESSED, FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD RESTS ON ME. …SO THEN, THOSE WHO SUFFER ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL SHOULD COMMIT THEMSELVES TO THEIR FAITHFUL CREATOR AND CONTINUE TO DO GOOD. (1 PETER 4:14,19). FOR IT HAS BEEN GRANTED TO YOU ON BEHALF OF CHRIST NOT ONLY TO BELIEVE ON HIM, BUT ALSO TO SUFFER FOR HIM. (PHIL 1:29). WHAT IS MORE, I CONSIDER EVERYTHING A LOSS COMPARED TO THE SURPASSING GREATNESS OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS MY LORD, FOR WHOSE SAKE I HAVE LOST ALL THINGS. I CONSIDER THEM RUBBISH THAT I MAY GAIN CHRIST AND BE FOUND IN HIM (PHIL 3:8). I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE IN NEED AND I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO HAVE PLENTY. I HAVE LEARNED THE SECRET OF BEING CONTENT IN ANY AND EVERY SITUATION, WHETHER WELL FED OR HUNGRY, WHETHER LIVING IN PLENTY OR WANT. I CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM WHO GIVES ME STRENGTH. (PHIL 4:12-13). THE WORD OF GOD FOR WHICH I AM SUFFERING EVEN TO THE POINT OF BEING CHAINED LIKE A CRIMINAL. BUT GOD’S WORD IS NOT CHAINED. (2 TIM 2:9). IF WE ENDURE (SUFFER) WE WILL ALSO REIGN WITH HIM. (2 TIM 2:12). JESUS SAID: MY SHEEP HEAR MY VOICE, AND I KNOW THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME. (JOHN 10:27). ‘WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS AND OBEYS THEM, HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME. HE WHO LOVES ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER, AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM, AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM.’ (JOHN 14:21).
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED BECAUSE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN PEOPLE INSULT YOU, PERSECUTE YOU AND FALSELY SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST YOU BECAUSE OF ME (THE WORD OF GOD). REJOICE AND BE GLAD, BECAUSE GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN, FOR IN THE SAME WAY THEY PERSECUTED THE PROPHETS WHO WERE BEFORE YOU. (MATT 5:10-11).
I HAVE BEEN CRUCIFIED WITH CHRIST, AND I NO LONGER LIVE, BUT CHRIST LIVES IN ME. THE LIFE I LIVE IN THE BODY I LIVE BY FAITH IN THE SON OF GOD, WHO LOVED ME AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR ME. (GAL 2:20). APOSTLE PAUL SAID: ‘I WANT TO KNOW CHRIST AND THE POWER OF HIS RESURRECTION AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF SHARING IN HIS SUFFERINGS, BECOMING LIKE HIM IN HIS DEATH, AND SO, SOMEHOW, TO ATTAIN TO THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD.’ (PHIL 3:10-11). THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE SETS ME FREE FROM THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH. (ROM 8:2). THOSE WHO LIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SPIRIT HAVE THEIR MINDS SET ON WHAT THE SPIRIT DESIRES. (ROM 8:5). NOW THE LORD IS SPIRIT, AND WHERE THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS, THERE IS FREEDOM. AND WE, WHO WITH UNVEILED FACES ALL REFLECT THE LORD’S GLORY, ARE BEING TRANSFORMED INTO HIS LIKENESS WITH EVER-INCREASING GLORY, WHICH COMES FROM THE LORD, WHO IS THE SPIRIT. (2 COR 3:17-18). SINCE WE LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, LET US KEEP IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT. (GAL 5:25).
I CONSIDER THAT THE PRESENT SUFFERINGS ARE NOT WORTH COMPARING WITH THE GLORY THAT WILL BE REVEALED IN ME. (ROM 8:18). FOR MY LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR ME AN ETERNAL GLORY THAT FAR OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL. SO I FIX MY EYES NOT ON WHAT IS SEEN, BUT ON WHAT IS UNSEEN. FOR WHAT IS SEEN IS TEMPORARY, BUT WHAT IS UNSEEN IS ETERNAL. (2 COR 4:17-18).
IT IS WRITTEN: ‘I BELIEVED; THEREFORE I HAVE SPOKEN.’ WITH THAT SAME SPIRIT OF FAITH I ALSO BELIEVE AND THEREFORE SPEAK. (2 COR 4:13). I BECOME MATURE, ATTAINING TO THE WHOLE MEASURE OF THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST. THEN I WILL NO LONGER BE AN INFANT, TOSSED BACK AND FORTH BY THE WAVES, AND BLOWN HERE AND THERE BY EVERY WIND OF TEACHING AND BY THE CUNNING AND CRAFTINESS OF MEN IN THEIR DECEITFUL SCHEMING. INSTEAD, SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE, I WILL IN ALL THINGS GROW UP INTO HIM WHO IS THE HEAD, THAT IS, CHRIST. (EPH 4:13-15). I AM NOT TRYING TO PLEASE MEN BUT GOD, WHO TESTS MY HEART. (1 THESS 2:4).
THE SAME SPIRIT THAT ROSE JESUS FROM THE DEAD IS LIVING IN ME. THEREFORE I WILL NOT FEAR, THOUGH THE EARTH GIVES WAY AND THE MOUNTAINS FALL INTO THE HEART OF THE SEA.. THERE IS A HOLY PLACE WHERE THE MOST HIGH DWELLS. GOD IS WITHIN ME, I WILL NOT FALL; GOD WILL HELP ME AT BREAK OF DAY. EVEN IN THE DARK LIGHT DAWNS FOR THE UPRIGHT. I WILL BE STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD. DO YOU BELIEVE THAT I CAN DO THIS? YES LORD, I BELIEVE YOU CAN DO IT. GOD, WHO RAISES THE DEAD AND CALLS THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE.
I WILL HAVE NO FEAR OF BAD NEWS; MY HEART IS STEADFAST, TRUSTING IN THE LORD. MY HEART IS SECURE, I WILL HAVE NO FEAR; IN THE END I WILL LOOK WITH TRIUMPH ON MY FOES. (PS 112).
BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE MEN AND NOT GOD; THEIR HORSES ARE FLESH AND NOT SPIRIT. WHEN THE LORD STRETCHES OUT HIS HAND, HE WHO HELPS WILL STUMBLE, HE WHO IS HELPED WILL FALL, BOTH WILL PERISH TOGETHER. (ISA 31:3). ALL WHO RAGE AGAINST ME WILL SURELY BE ASHAMED AND DISGRACED; THOSE WHO OPPOSE ME WILL BECOME AS NOTHING AND PERISH. THOUGH I SEARCH FOR MY ENEMIES I WILL NOT FIND THEM. THOSE WHO WAGE WAR AGAINST ME WILL BE AS NOTHING AT ALL. FOR YOU ARE THE LORD MY GOD WHO TAKES HOLD OF MY RIGHT HAND AND SAYS TO ME, DO NOT FEAR; I WILL HELP YOU. (ISA 41:11-13).
THE ONE ENTHRONED IN HEAVEN LAUGHS; THE LORD SCOFFS AT THEM. THEN HE REBUKES THEM IN HIS ANGER AND TERRIFIES THEM IN HIS WRATH, SAYING ‘I HAVE INSTALLED MY KING ON ZION, MY HOLY HILL’. I WILL PROCLAIM THE DECREE OF THE LORD. (PS 2). SEE I LAY A STONE IN ZION, A TESTED STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNERSTONE FOR A SURE FOUNDATION; THE ONE WHO TRUSTS WILL NEVER BE DISMAYED. I WILL MAKE JUSTICE THE MEASURING LINE AND RIGHTEOUSNESS THE PLUMBLINE, HAIL WILL SWEEP AWAY YOUR REFUGE THE LIE AND WATER WILL OVERFLOW YOUR HIDING PLACE. YOUR COVENANT WITH DEATH WILL BE ANNULLED; YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THE GRAVE WILL NOT STAND. (ISA 28).
YOU ARE THE LORD, WHO HAS MADE ALL THINGS, WHO ALONE STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS, WHO SPREAD OUT THE EARTH BY YOURSELF, WHO FOILS THE SIGNS OF FALSE PROPHETS AND MAKES FOOLS OF DIVINERS, WHO OVERTHROWS THE LEARNING OF THE WISE AND TURNS IT INTO NONSENSE, WHO CARRIES OUT THE WORDS OF HIS SERVANTS AND FULFILS THE PREDICTIONS OF HIS MESSENGERS. (ISA 44:24-26).
KEEP ME AS THE APPLE OF YOUR EYE; HIDE ME IN THE SHADOW OF YOUR WINGS, FROM THE WICKED WHO ASSAIL ME, FROM MY MORTAL ENEMIES WHO SURROUND ME. (PS 17:8-9). HIDE ME FROM THE SCOURGE OF THE TONGUE. (JOB 5:21).
DO NOT BE QUICK WITH YOUR MOUTH, DO NOT BE HASTY IN YOUR HEART TO UTTER ANYTHING BEFORE GOD. GOD IS IN HEAVEN AND YOU ARE ON EARTH, SO LET YOUR WORDS BE FEW. (ECCL 5:2). THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM IS TO FEAR GOD. FOR THIS IS WHAT THE HIGH AND LOFTY ONE SAYS - HE WHO LIVES FOREVER, WHOSE NAME IS HOLY: I LIVE IN A HIGH AND HOLY PLACE, BUT ALSO WITH HIM WHO IS CONTRITE AND LOWLY IN SPIRIT. (ISA 57:15). HEAVEN IS MY THRONE AND THE EARTH IS MY FOOTSTOOL.. THIS IS THE ONE I ESTEEM: HE WHO IS HUMBLE AND CONTRITE IN SPIRIT, AND TREMBLES AT MY WORD. (ISA 66:2).
GOD HAS EXALTED ABOVE ALL THINGS HIS NAME AND HIS WORD. HE SENDS HIS COMMAND TO THE EARTH; HIS WORD RUNS SWIFTLY. (PS 147:15). TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, YOU ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND. GOD WATCHES OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT. (JER 1:12). DO NOT TOUCH GOD’S ANOINTED. YOU WILL ONLY FIND YOURSELF FIGHTING AGAINST GOD. IT IS GOD’S TO AVENGE. HE WILL REPAY. YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM WHO IS READY TO JUDGE THE LIVING. (1 PETER 4:5)(ISA 65).
DO NOT FLOUT GOD’S LAWS. IF YOU DELIBERATELY KEEP ON SINNING AFTER YOU HAVE RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, NO SACRIFICE FOR SINS IS LEFT, BUT ONLY A FEARFUL EXPECTATION OF JUDGMENT AND THE RAGING FIRE THAT WILL CONSUME THE ENEMIES OF GOD. ANYONE WHO REJECTED THE LAW OF MOSES DIED WITHOUT MERCY ON THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. HOW MUCH MORE SEVERELY DO YOU THINK A MAN DESERVES TO BE PUNISHED WHO HAS TRAMPLED THE SON OF GOD UNDER FOOT, WHO HAS TREATED AS AN UNHOLY THING THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT THAT SANCTIFIED HIM, AND WHO HAS INSULTED THE SPIRIT OF GRACE? FOR WE KNOW HIM WHO SAID, ‘IT IS MINE TO AVENGE; I WILL REPAY,’ AND AGAIN, ‘THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.’ IT IS A DREADFUL THING TO FALL INTO THE HANDS OF THE LIVING GOD. (HEB 10:26-31).
MY PURPOSE / ACTIVITY IS FROM GOD. NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP ME. THEY WILL ONLY FIND THEMSELVES FIGHTING AGAINST GOD. (ACTS 5:38-39). I AM OBSERVING THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LORD MY GOD. BUT THEY HAVE FORSAKEN HIM. GOD IS WITH ME. HE IS MY LEADER. GOD’S PRIESTS WITH THEIR TRUMPETS WILL SOUND THE BATTLE CRY AGAINST THEM. I SPEAK TO YOU, MEN, DO NOT FIGHT AGAINST THE LORD, FOR YOU WILL NOT SUCCEED.
(2 CHRON 13:11-12). GOD HAS TOLD ME TO … SO STOP OPPOSING GOD, WHO IS WITH ME, OR HE WILL DESTROY YOU. (2 CHRON 35:2).
ALLOW NO ONE TO OPPRESS ME; FOR MY SAKE REBUKE KINGS. DO NOT TOUCH GOD’S ANOINTED ONES; DO HIS PROPHETS NO HARM. (PS 105:14-15). WHAT GOD HAS PUT TOGETHER, LET NO MAN PUT ASUNDER/SEPARATE (MARK 10:9).
TO CRUSH UNDERFOOT ALL PRISONERS IN THE LAND, TO DENY A MAN HIS RIGHTS BEFORE THE MOST HIGH, TO DEPRIVE A MAN OF JUSTICE - WOULD NOT THE LORD SEE SUCH THINGS? WHO CAN SPEAK AND HAVE IT HAPPEN IF THE LORD HAS NOT DECREED IT? IS IT NOT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MOST HIGH THAT BOTH CALAMITIES AND GOOD THINGS COME? WHY SHOULD ANY LIVING MAN COMPLAIN WHEN PUNISHED FOR HIS SINS? (LAM 3:34-39).
GOD HAS EXALTED ABOVE ALL THINGS HIS NAME AND HIS WORD. HE SENDS HIS COMMAND TO THE EARTH; HIS WORD RUNS SWIFTLY. (PS 147:15). TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES, YOU ARE STANDING ON HOLY GROUND. GOD WATCHES OVER HIS WORD TO PERFORM IT. (JER 1:12). DO NOT TOUCH GOD’S ANOINTED. YOU WILL ONLY FIND YOURSELF FIGHTING AGAINST GOD. IT IS GOD’S TO AVENGE. HE WILL REPAY. YOU WILL HAVE TO GIVE ACCOUNT TO HIM WHO IS READY TO JUDGE THE LIVING. (1 PETER 4:5)(ISA 65).
THE MAN WITHOUT THE SPIRIT DOES NOT ACCEPT THE THINGS OF GOD FOR THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS TO HIM AND HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED. (1 COR 2). THE GOD OF THIS WORLD HAS BLINDED HIS MIND. THE WISE MAN HAS EYES IN HIS HEAD, BUT THE FOOL WALKS IN THE DARKNESS. (ECCL 2:14). BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO DOES NOT WALK IN THE COUNSEL OF THE WICKED…BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD (PS 1:1-2). CURSED IS THE ONE WHO TRUSTS IN MAN, WHO DEPENDS ON FLESH FOR HIS STRENGTH AND WHOSE HEART TURNS AWAY FROM THE LORD. (JER 17:5). BUT BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO TRUSTS IN THE LORD, WHOSE CONFIDENCE IS IN HIM. (JER 17:7). BLESSED ARE YOUR EYES BECAUSE THEY SEE, AND YOUR EARS BECAUSE THEY HEAR. (MATT 13:16). CIRCUMCISE YOUR HEART AND EARS. …CIRCUMCISION IS CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, BY THE SPIRIT, NOT BY THE WRITTEN CODE. SUCH A MAN’S PRAISE IS NOT FROM MEN, BUT FROM GOD. (ROM 2:29). IT IS BETTER TO TAKE REFUGE IN THE LORD THAN TO TRUST IN MAN. (CENTRE VERSE OF BIBLE: PS 118:8). LET GOD BE TRUE AND EVERY MAN A LIAR, SO THAT YOU MAY BE PROVED RIGHT IN YOUR WORDS AND PREVAIL IN YOUR JUDGING. (ROM 3:4).
BECAUSE YOU HAVE REJECTED THE WORD OF GOD, RELIED ON OPPRESSION AND DEPENDED ON DECEIT, THIS SIN WILL BECOME FOR YOU LIKE A HIGH WALL, CRACKED AND BULGING, THAT COLLAPSES SUDDENLY, IN AN INSTANT. IT WILL BREAK IN PIECES LIKE POTTERY, SHATTERED SO MERCILESSLY THAT AMONG ITS PIECES NOT A FRAGMENT WILL BE FOUND FOR TAKING COALS FROM A HEARTH OR SCOOPING WATER OUT OF A CISTERN. (ISA 30:12-14).
FORGET THE FORMER THINGS; DO NOT DWELL ON THE PAST. SEE, I AM DOING A NEW THING! NOW IT SPRINGS UP; DO YOU NOT PERCEIVE IT? I AM MAKING A WAY IN THE DESERT AND STREAMS IN THE WASTELAND, TO GIVE DRINK TO MY PEOPLE, MY CHOSEN, THE PEOPLE I FORMED FOR MYSELF THAT THEY MAY PROCLAIM MY PRAISE. (ISA 43:19).
ONE THING I DO: FORGETTING WHAT IS BEHIND AND STRAINING TOWARDS WHAT IS AHEAD, I PRESS ON TOWARDS THE GOAL TO WIN THE PRIZE FOR WHICH GOD HAS CALLED ME HEAVENWARD IN CHRIST JESUS. ALL OF US WHO ARE MATURE SHOULD TAKE SUCH A VIEW OF THINGS. (PHIL 3:14-15). FOR THE PAST TROUBLES WILL BE FORGOTTEN AND HIDDEN FROM MY EYES. (ISA 65:16).
END TIME MARTYRDOM
(LIVING WITNESS)
THE DREADED CHAMPIONS
SONS AND DAUGHTERS
OF THE MOST HIGH GOD
(RICK JOYNER - THE FINAL QUEST)
FOR MY LIGHT AND MOMENTARY TROUBLES ARE ACHIEVING FOR ME
AN ETERNAL GLORY THAT
FAR OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL
MATT 10:10-12
BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN PEOPLE INSULT YOU
PERSECUTE YOU
AND FALSELY SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST YOU
BECAUSE OF ME (JESUS)
REJOICE AND BE GLAD
BECAUSE GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN
FOR IN THE SAME WAY
THEY PERSECUTED THE PROPHETS THAT WERE BEFORE YOU
LORD, I FIGHT NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD
BUT AGAINST THE PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, MIGHT AND DOMINION
I CHOOSE TO LOVE
I CHOOSE TO PRAY FOR MY ENEMIES
I OVERCOME IN CHRIST
I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!
I REJOICE FOR GREAT IS MY REWARD IN HEAVEN
ISAIAH 28:5-6
END TIME MARTYRDOM
CROWN OF THORNS
AS A GARLAND AROUND THE NECK
IN THAT DAY
THE LORD ALMIGHTY
WILL BE A GLORIOUS CROWN
A BEAUTIFUL WREATH
FOR THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE
FAR OUTWEIGHS THEM ALL
MATT 10:10-12
BLESSED ARE YOU WHEN PEOPLE INSULT YOU
PERSECUTE YOU
AND FALSELY SAY ALL KINDS OF EVIL AGAINST YOU
BECAUSE OF ME (JESUS)
REJOICE AND BE GLAD
BECAUSE GREAT IS YOUR REWARD IN HEAVEN
FOR IN THE SAME WAY
THEY PERSECUTED THE PROPHETS THAT WERE BEFORE YOU
LORD, I FIGHT NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD
BUT AGAINST THE PRINCIPALITIES, POWERS, MIGHT AND DOMINION
I CHOOSE TO LOVE
I CHOOSE TO PRAY FOR MY ENEMIES
I OVERCOME IN CHRIST
I CANNOT BE DEFEATED!
I REJOICE FOR GREAT IS MY REWARD IN HEAVEN
ISAIAH 28:5-6
END TIME MARTYRDOM
CROWN OF THORNS
AS A GARLAND AROUND THE NECK
IN THAT DAY
THE LORD ALMIGHTY
WILL BE A GLORIOUS CROWN
A BEAUTIFUL WREATH
FOR THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE
IF YOU ARE INSULTED BECAUSE OF THE NAME OF CHRIST
YOU ARE BLESSED
FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD
RESTS ON YOU
THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD
RESTS ON ME
I AM BLESSED AND
I REJOICE
NOW IF WE ARE CHILDREN
THEN WE ARE HEIRS -
HEIRS OF GOD AND CO-HEIRS WITH CHRIST
IF INDEED WE SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS
IN ORDER THAT WE MAY ALSO SHARE IN HIS GLORY
I SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS AS I WALK IN THE WILL OF GOD
I MAY ALSO SHARE IN HIS GLORY!
I AM BLESSED FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD
RESTS ON ME
I REJOICE!
FOR THE TRUE RECORDS ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN
I AM LAYING UP TREASURE IN HEAVEN
AND GOD'S WILL WILL BE DONE ON EARTH
AS I WALK WITH GOD
I OVERCOME
THE VICTORY IS ALREADY GIVEN
JESUS HAS OVERCOME THIS WORLD
I DRIVE OUT SATAN
FOR IT IS WE WHO ARE THE CIRCUMCISION
YOU ARE BLESSED
FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD
RESTS ON YOU
THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD
RESTS ON ME
I AM BLESSED AND
I REJOICE
NOW IF WE ARE CHILDREN
THEN WE ARE HEIRS -
HEIRS OF GOD AND CO-HEIRS WITH CHRIST
IF INDEED WE SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS
IN ORDER THAT WE MAY ALSO SHARE IN HIS GLORY
I SHARE IN HIS SUFFERINGS AS I WALK IN THE WILL OF GOD
I MAY ALSO SHARE IN HIS GLORY!
I AM BLESSED FOR THE SPIRIT OF GLORY AND OF GOD
RESTS ON ME
I REJOICE!
FOR THE TRUE RECORDS ARE WRITTEN IN HEAVEN
I AM LAYING UP TREASURE IN HEAVEN
AND GOD'S WILL WILL BE DONE ON EARTH
AS I WALK WITH GOD
I OVERCOME
THE VICTORY IS ALREADY GIVEN
JESUS HAS OVERCOME THIS WORLD
I DRIVE OUT SATAN
FOR IT IS WE WHO ARE THE CIRCUMCISION
WHO WORSHIP GOD IN THE SPIRIT
REJOICE IN CHRIST JESUS
AND HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH
AND THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE COMMAND:
LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD
WITH ALL YOUR HEART
AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL AND MIND
TO LOVE GOD
IS TO OBEY HIS COMMANDS
LET GOD BE TRUE
AND EVERY MAN A LIAR
THIS IS THE ONE THAT GOD ESTEEMS:
HE WHO IS HUMBLE AND CONTRITE IN SPIRIT
AND WHO TREMBLES AT GOD'S WORD
I WALK WITH GOD
HE TAKES HIS SERVANT'S HAND
I KEEP MY EYES FIXED ON HIS FACE
IF GOD BE FOR ME
WHO CAN BE AGAINST ME?
THE SAME GOD THAT SAID 'LIGHT BE'
WALKS WITH ME
I EXPECT SIGNS AND WONDERS AND MIRACLES
TO FOLLOW THE SPOKEN WORD
I WALK WITH GOD ALMIGHTY
IN BLOOD COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
WHAT ARE YOU, O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN?
BEFORE ME, YOU WILL BECOME LEVEL GROUND
FOR IT IS NOT BY MIGHT, NOR BY POWER
BUT BY HIS SPIRIT
FOR I NEED NOT THAT ANY MAN TEACH ME
BUT AS HIS ANOINTING TEACHES ME ABOUT ALL THINGS
SO I REMAIN IN HIM
WHO MAY ASCEND THE HILL OF THE LORD?
HE WHO HAS CLEAN HANDS
AND A PURE HEART
LET ME WALK IN THE LIGHT
THIS IS HOW I WILL KNOW THAT I AM IN JESUS
WHEN I START WALKING AS JESUS DID
THANK YOU LORD!!!
FOR BEING SO FAITHFUL THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH!
TO YOU BELONGS ALL THE GLORY
NOW AND FOREVER!!
AMEN
FOR BEING SO FAITHFUL THE WHOLE WAY THROUGH!
TO YOU BELONGS ALL THE GLORY
NOW AND FOREVER!!
AMEN
AUTHOR AND FINISHER
OF MY FAITH
I WORSHIP YOU O KING
I WORSHIP YOU O LORD
I WORSHIP YOU O GOD ABOVE THE EARTH
AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH
A GOD OF LOVE
A GOD OF LOVE
A GOD OF LOVE
YOU HAVE MADE ME A KING
YOU HAVE MADE ME A QUEEN
NOT LOOKING TO THAT WHICH IS HIDDEN
BUT LOOKING TO THAT UNSEEN
FOR YOUR ARE THE AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF MY FAITH
AUTHOR AND THE FINISHER OF MY FAITH
I WILL RUN MY RACE
FOR YOU HAVE ENDUED ME WITH POWER
FOR THIS VERY HOUR
YOUR HAND IS UPON ME
YOU HAVEN’T FORSAKEN ME
THE VISION IS YOURS DIVINE
YOUR POWER, O GREAT SUBLIME
AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH
AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH
I ASK OF YOU ONE THING
AND THAT IS TO STAY
RIGHT BY YOUR SIDE
IN YOUR PRESENCE
FOREVER, ALWAYS
I’M YOURS
HELP ME RUN MY RACE WITH YOU
TOGETHER WE’LL DO
WHAT I CANNOT ALONE
JOINT HEIRS TOGETHER
BEFORE THE THRONE
I'M ONE OF YOUR OWN
HELP ME FINISH MY RACE
FOR YOU ARE THE
AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH
TOGETHER FOREVER
FOREVER TOGETHER
YOU AND I
YOUR HAND IS UPON ME
I REACH FOR THE SKY
TOGETHER FOREVER
FOREVER TOGETHER
MY GOD AND I
AUTHOR AND FINISHER OF MY FAITH
Excerpts from the sermon of
JERRY SAVELLE
I CANNOT BE DEFEATED
GOD WANTS ME FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. HE HAS DELIVERED AND DRAWN ME TO HIMSELF OUT
OF THE CONTROL AND DOMINION OF DARKNESS, SATAN AND ALL HIS COHORTS. SATAN HAS NO AUTHORITY OVER ME WHATSOEVER,
AMEN. ACCORDING TO WHAT THE APOSTLE PAUL
TEACHES ME, ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT CALVARY , WHAT
HAPPENED FROM THE CROSS TO THE THRONE, JESUS DEFEATED SATAN, AND TOOK FROM HIM
HIS ABILITY TO HOLD ME CAPTIVE. COL.
2:15 SAYS: ‘HAVING SPOILT
PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS HE MADE A SHOW OF THEM OPENLY, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM
IN IT.’ THE AMPLIFIED SAYS: ‘HE DISARMED THEM’. – HE DISARMED THE
PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS THAT RANGED AGAINST US. ‘HE DISARMED THEM’ MEANS HE TOOK AWAY SATAN’S
WEAPONS – HE HAS NO WEAPONS, PRAISE GOD.
JESUS DEPRIVED HIM OF HIS ABILITY TO HARM AND TO HURT ME. ‘DISARMED’ MEANS JESUS OVERCAME SATAN’S
HOSTILITY AGAINST ME. ‘DISARMED’ MEANS
HE REDUCED HIS POWER AND HIS ABILITY TO ZERO.
HALLELUJAH.
LUKE 11:22 SAYS: ‘BUT WHEN A STRONGER THAN HE SHALL COME
AND OVERCOME HIM, HE TAKETH FROM HIM ALL HIS ARMOUR WHEREIN HE TRUSTED’. JESUS WAS THE STRONGER AND HE OVERCAME MY
ADVERSARY AND TOOK FROM HIM ALL THE ARMOUR IN WHICH HE TRUSTED. REVELATION 1:8 SAYS: ‘I AM HE THAT LIVETH AND WAS DEAD, AND BEHOLD
I AM ALIVE FOREVERMORE, AND I HAVE THE KEYS OF HELL AND DEATH’. HEBREWS 2:14 SAYS: ‘THAT THROUGH DEATH, HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM
THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL’. THE AMPLIFIED SAYS: ‘AND TO BRING TO NOUGHT AND TO MAKE OF NO
EFFECT HIS POWER AND HIS ABILITY’. THE
ROTHERHAM
TRANSLATION SAYS: ‘HE
PARALYSED SATAN’S DEATH DEALING POWER’.
HALLELUJAH! THE ONE YOU AND I ARE
DEALING WITH IS POWERLESS.
HALLELUJAH! WHY THEN, ARE SO MANY
OF GOD’S PEOPLE STILL IN BONDAGE AND STILL IN CAPTIVITY? A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE. I PRAY THAT I MAY BE FILLED WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN HIS KNOWLEDGE. THE BIBLE SAYS IF I CONTINUE IN THE WORD,
I WILL KNOW THE TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH WILL MAKE ME FREE. WHEN I UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS, I CANNOT BE
DEFEATED. I AM BEYOND DEFEAT. AMEN.
1 JOHN 2:14 SAYS: ‘YOU ARE STRONG, AND THE WORD OF GOD
ABIDETH IN YOU AND YOU HAVE OVERCOME THE WICKED ONE’. STRONG, WHY?
BECAUSE ‘THE WORD OF GOD ABIDES IN YOU’ AND WHEN THE WORD OF GOD ABIDES
IN ME RICHLY, I WILL OVERCOME EVERY ATTACK OF THE EVIL ONE, NO MATTER WHAT
COMES AGAINST ME, IT WILL NOT SUCCEED WHEN I STAND IN THE AUTHORITY THAT JESUS
HAS CONFERRED ON ME. LUKE 10:19 SAYS: ‘BEHOLD, I GIVE YOU POWER, AND NOTHING
SHALL BY ANY MEANS HURT YOU’. JESUS
HAS SHATTERED SATAN’S AUTHORITY. HE HAS
NO POWER OVER ME, HE HAS NO CONTROL OVER ME.
AND I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO FEAR REGARDING SATAN AND HIS
OPERATIONS. IT’S TIME FOR ME TO BEGIN TO
ACT AS IF I TRULY BELIEVE IT. WHEN I ACT
LIKE THE BIBLE IS TRUE, THEN I CANNOT BE DEFEATED. TRIAL AND ADVERSITIES MAY COME MY WAY, BUT
THEY CANNOT KEEP ME FROM LIVING A VICTORIUS LIFE WHEN I KNOW WHO I AM IN CHRIST
AND I KNOW MY AUTHORITY AS A CHILD OF THE LIVING GOD. PSALM 34:19 SAYS: ‘MANY EVILS CONFRONT THE CONSISTENTLY
RIGHTEOUS, BUT THE LORD DELIVERS THEM OUT OF THEM ALL’. GOD NEVER INTENDED FOR ME TO FAIL, HE NEVER
INTENDED FOR ME TO LIVE A DEFEATED LIFE.
NOTHING MAKES GOD HAPPIER THAN WHEN HE SEES ME TAKING HIS WORD, TAKING
HIS ARMOUR, TAKING HIS NAME AND OVERCOMING EVERY ATTACK THAT IS LAUNCHED
AGAINST ME. I REFUSE TO GIVE UP. I REFUSE TO GIVE IN. GOD IS ON MY SIDE. AND IF GOD BE FOR ME, NO-ONE CAN SUCCESSFULLY
BE AGAINST ME. GOD HAS PROMISED NO
WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME SHALL PROSPER.
HALLELUJAH. WHEN GOD IS ON MY
SIDE, I CANNOT BE DEFEATED. DEFEAT
BECOMES A THING OF THE PAST. GOD WILL
ALWAYS MAKE A WAY. RIGHT NOW, WHILE I’M
TALKING, GOD IS MAKING THAT WAY, HALLELUJAH.
2 CORINTHIANS 1:10 SAYS: ‘FOR IT IS HE WHO RESCUED AND SAVED US,
AND HE WILL AGAIN DELIVER US FROM DANGER AND DESTRUCTION AND HE WILL DRAW US TO
HIMSELF’. THE APOSTLE PAUL
EXPERIENCED MANY TIMES GOD’S DELIVERING POWER.
MANY TIMES PAUL FACED DEATH, MANY TIMES HE FACED TRIALS AND ADVERSITIES,
BUT GOD DELIVERED HIM TIME AND TIME AGAIN, AND PAUL IS SO CONFIDENT THAT GOD
WILL CONTINUE TO DELIVER HIM THAT HE SAYS ‘HE WILL AGAIN DELIVER US FROM
DANGER AND DESTRUCTION AND HE WILL DRAW US TO HIMSELF’. I AM HIS CHILD. HE WILL DELIVER ME ALSO. HALLELUJAH.
GLORY TO GOD. ACTS 7:9-10 SAYS: ‘BOILING WITH ENVY AND HATRED AND ANGER, HIS
BROTHERS SOLD JOSEPH INTO SLAVERY IN EGYPT, BUT GOD WAS WITH HIM AND
DELIVERED HIM FROM ALL HIS DISTRESSING AFFLICTIONS AND WON HIM GOOD WILL AND
FAVOUR’. WHEN GOD’S FAVOUR IS ON MY
LIFE, WHEN GOD’S GOODNESS IS SURROUNDING ME THEN GOD WILL SEE TO IT, NO MATTER
WHAT KIND OF AFFLICTION I MAY EXPERIENCE, GOD WILL TURN EVERY SETBACK INTO A
VICTORY. HE DID IT FOR JOSEPH AND HE
WILL DO IT FOR ME. I MAY BE STRUCK
DOWN, BUT I AM NEVER STRUCK OUT, HALLELUJAH. I AM INDEED BEYOND DEFEAT. WHEN I ACT ON WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS ABOUT ME,
NOT WHAT MAN THINKS, SATAN CANNOT KEEP ME FROM OVERCOMING EVERY ATTACK THAT HE
LAUNCHES AGAINST ME. CONTRARY TO WHAT
SATAN SAYS, HE IS NOT ALL POWERFUL. ONLY
GOD IS ALL POWERFUL. SATAN IS NOT
ALL POWERFUL AS HE WOULD HAVE ME BELIEVE.
I’M THE ONE WITH THE POWER. GOD’S
THE ONE WITH THE POWER. AND THANK GOD,
IT’S BEEN BESTOWED UPON ME. I HAVE
BEEN INDUED WITH POWER, THE BIBLE SAYS.
I’M THE ONE WITH THE POWER.
I’M THE ONE WITH THE AUTHORITY, NOT SATAN. HE HAS BEEN REDUCED TO ZERO. I ACT ON WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO
ME. LUKE 24:49 SAYS: ‘WE SHALL BE INDUED WITH POWER FROM ON
HIGH’. INDUED MEANS I HAVE PUT IT ON
AND AM CLOTHED WITH IT. WHEN I AM INDUED
WITH POWER FROM ON HIGH, IT MEANS I HAVE PUT IT ON AND AM CLOTHED WITH IT. I AM WALKING AROUND WITH POWER AND
AUTHORITY. FOR AS I KNOW, AND AM FILLED
WITH, THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD, I REALISE THAT POWER AND AUTHORITY IS AS CLOSE
TO ME AS MY NEXT BREATH; POWER AND
AUTHORITY IS AS CLOSE TO ME AS MY ABILITY TO SPEAK THE NAME OF JESUS AND
THE WORD OF THE LIVING GOD. IT ALSO
MEANS THAT I AM SKILLED IN POWER. I KNOW
HOW TO TAKE THIS POWER AND AUTHORITY AND APPLY IT TO ATTACKS AND ADVERSITIES
AND OPPOSITION, AND KNOW, THAT NO POWER IS GREATER THAN THE POWER OF GOD UPON
MY LIFE. MATTHEW 16:18 SAYS: ‘UPON THIS ROCK I WILL BUILD MY CHURCH AND
THE GATES OF HELL WILL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT’. THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE SAYS: ‘SHALL NOT OVERPOWER IT’. WHAT IS THE ROCK? REVELATION KNOWLEDGE. HALLELUJAH!
WHEN I AM WALKING IN REVELATION KNOWLEDGE, THE GATES OF HELL CANNOT
OVERPOWER OR PREVAIL AGAINST ME. I
REFUSE TO HAVE A LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF MY AUTHORITY OVER SATAN AS A
BELIEVER. I WILL ACT ON THAT KNOWLEDGE. I WILL NOT GIVE UP BECAUSE I WILL WIN. IT’S NEVER GOD’S WILL FOR ME TO BE
DEFEATED. I KNOW WHO I AM IN CHRIST. THE BIBLE SAYS: ‘THANKS BE UNTO GOD THAT CAUSES ME TO
TRIUMPH ALWAYS’. JESUS ALREADY
BOUGHT AND PAID FOR THIS AUTHORITY THAT I AM INDUED WITH, THAT I POSSESS. GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. HIS WORD WILL WORK FOR ANY BELIEVER THAT WILL
DARE PUT IT TO WORK, HALLELUJAH. I
EXERCISE MY AUTHORITY AND I STAND MY GROUND.
DEFEAT IS NOT GOD’S PLAN FOR MY LIFE.
I CANNOT BE DEFEATED. NOT AFTER
WHAT JESUS DID AT CALVARY , I CANNOT
BE DEFEATED. I’M NOT
TALKING ABOUT IN MY ABILITY, I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT IN MY MIGHT, I’M NOT TALKING
ABOUT IN MY STRENGTH. IN MY OWN ABILITY
I’M NO MATCH FOR SATAN. BUT I QUIT
LEANING ON MY ABILITY AND I AM FILLED WITH THE MIGHT OF ALMIGHTY GOD,
HALLELUJAH. AND I CAN DO ALL THINGS
THROUGH HIM WHO STRENGTHENS ME. AND
SATAN IS NO MATCH FOR THE MIGHT OF THE ALMIGHTY, HALLELUJAH! I AM JUST DECLARING WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS. DEUTERONOMY 28:13 SAYS: AND THE LORD WILL MAKE ME THE HEAD AND NOT
THE TAIL. I SHALL BE ABOVE ONLY AND I
SHALT NOT BE BENEATH’. THAT’S MY
COVENANT. GOD PROMISED BY COVENANT THAT
I WILL BE THE HEAD AND NOT THE TAIL. I
WILL BE ABOVE ONLY AND NOT BENEATH. THAT
MEANS IT IS NEVER THE WILL OF GOD THAT I EXPERIENCE DEFEAT IN MY LIFE. I AM A WINNER. THERE IS NOT A LOSER IN THIS ROOM TODAY. GLORY TO GOD.
NO MATTER WHAT SETBACKS, I’M NOT A FAILURE UNTIL I DECLARE I AM A
FAILURE. AND I AM NOT GOING TO DECLARE
THAT, BECAUSE THE BIBLE DOES NOT DECLARE THAT, AND ‘M NOT LEANING TO MY OWN
WISDOM, I’M LEANING TO THE WISDOM OF GOD.
AND WHETHER IT LOOKS LIKE IT, WHETHER I’VE EVER EXPERIENCED SUCCESS OR
NOT, THE BIBLE SAYS I AM, THE BIBLE SAYS I CAN, AND I’M GOING TO HOLD FAST TO
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS, AND EVENTUALLY THINGS WILL TURN AROUND IN MY LIFE,
HALLELUJAH! GLORY TO GOD. HIDE AND WATCH, IT AIN’T OVER YET! LET ALL THE WINNERS SHOUT HALLELUJAH. I AM DEVELOPING A WINNER’S ATTITUDE. I’M NOT A LOSER. I CANNOT BE DEFEATED. NOT AFTER WHAT JESUS DID AT CALVARY ,
HALLELUJAH. JESUS DEFEATED MY
ADVERSARY. HE’S BEEN REDUCED TO
ZERO. GLORY TO GOD. HALLELUJAH. I REFUSE TO ACCEPT DEFEAT. I KNOW WHO IS FOR ME: THE ALMIGHTY GOD. GOD IS FOR ME, GOD IS WITH ME, AND GOD IS IN
ME. AND GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME,
THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD, HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH! I HAVE THE ATTITUDE
OF A WINNER. I KNOW GOD IS FOR ME, I
KNOW GOD IS WITH ME, AND I KNOW GOD IS IN ME.
WHEN I HAVE A REVELATION OF GOD FOR ME, GOD WITH ME AND GOD IN ME, THEN
I AM BEYOND DEFEAT. HALLELUJAH, GOD
IS FOR ME, GOD IS WITH ME,
AND GOD IS IN ME, AND I CANNOT BE
DEFEATED. HALLELUJAH. GLORY TO GOD. I CANNOT BE DEFEATED WHEN I KNOW THESE
THINGS. I DON’T NEED MORE MONEY, MORE
BREAKS OR MORE SLACK. I NEED MORE
KNOWLEDGE. IF THE WORLD CAN ACHIEVE WITH
WILL POWER, WHAT CAN I ACHIEVE WITH GOD POWER.
I REFUSE TO LAY DOWN OR GIVE UP, I HAVE GOD POWER ON THE INSIDE OF
ME. I AM A WINNER, NOT A LOSER. I WILL NOT PLAY DEAD AND LET THE DEVIL RUN
OVER ME FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE, AND LET THE DEVIL KEEP ME FROM EXPERIENCING
ALL THAT GOD SAYS IS RIGHTFULLY MINE. I
WILL ACT LIKE THE BIBLE IS TRUE. I
AM WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS I AM, I HAVE WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS I HAVE, AND I CAN DO
WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS I CAN DO. DEFEAT
WILL BECOME A THING OF THE PAST, WHEN I BELIEVE WHAT GOD SAYS I AM AND BELIEVE
THAT I CAN DO WHAT GOD SAYS I CAN DO.
MY BREAKTHROUGHS ARE GOING TO START COMING MORE RAPIDLY THAN BEFORE, AND
I CANNOT BE DEFEATED, AMEN. I GIVE
THANKS UNTO THE FATHER, WHO HAS DELIVERED ME.
I TAKE AUTHORITY IN THE NAME OF JESUS, OVER
ANY HANDICAP THAT HAS PREVENTED ME FROM REACHING MY FULL POTENTIAL. I TAKE AUTHORITY OVER GENERATIONAL CURSES AND
EVERY EXCUSE SATAN HAS USED, TO BIND ME, CONFINE ME, RESTRICT ME, AND RENDER ME
HELPLESS. I DECLARE THEM BROKEN AND I AM
FREE, IN JESUS NAME. I SHOUT UNTO GOD,
HALLELUJAH! I HAVE NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER
TO ACCEPT DEFEAT. I DO NOT FORGET WHO I
AM IN CHRIST. I HOLD STAUNCHLY TO THE
PROMISE OF GOD. GOD SAYS I CANNOT BE
DEFEATED. GOD SAYS I AM BEYOND DEFEAT,
AND I CHOOSE TO BE A WINNER. HALLELUJAH,
THANK YOU JESUS. OH, HALLELUJAH,
HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH!
DECLARE PROPHETIC WORD, GOD’S LEADING BY HIS SPIRIT AND COVENANT
SCRIPTURES FOR YOUR SITUATION.
REFUSE THE FEAR
KENNETH COPELAND
BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY MAGAZINE
MAY 2000
‘FEAR NOT’ IS NOT JUST A
SUGGESTION; IT’S A COMMAND - A COMMAND
WE’VE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH.
‘I’M AFRAID SO’
‘I’M AFRAID NOT’
‘I’M AFRAID I CAN’T MAKE IT ON TIME’
NO ONE LIKES TO BE AFRAID. YET
PEOPLE HAVE BECOME SO USED TO FEAR, THEY HAVE TROUBLE IMAGING LIFE WITHOUT
IT. IT’S SUCH A PART OF THEIR THINKING
THEY’VE MADE IT A FAMILIAR - EVEN WELCOME - PART OF THEIR CONVERSATION.
‘WELL, BROTHER COPELAND, ISN’T FEAR A NATURAL THING?’ YES, AND THAT’S WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT. GOD’S WORD NOT ONLY TELLS US WE CAN LIVE
FREE FROM FEAR, BUT IT ALSO COMMANDS US TO DO SO.
LOOK AT WHAT THE PROPHET ISAIAH SAID ABOUT FEAR.
FEAR THOU NOT; FOR I AM WITH THEE: BE NOT DISMAYED; FOR I AM THY GOD: I
WILL STRENGTHEN THEE; YEA, I WILL HELP THEE; YEA, I WILL UPHOLD THEE WITH THE
RIGHT HAND OF MY RIGHTEOUSNESS (ISAIAH 41:10).
FEAR NOT; FOR THOU SHALT NOT BE ASHAMED; NEITHER BE THOU CONFOUNDED; FOR
THOU SHALT NOT BE PUT TO SHAME: FOR THOU SHALT FORGET THE SHAME OF THY YOUTH,
AND SHALT NOT REMEMBER THE REPROACH OF THY WIDOWHOOD ANY MORE. FOR THY MAKER IS THINE HUSBAND; THE LORD OF
HOSTS IS HIS NAME; AND THY REDEEMER THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; THE GOD OF THE
WHOLE EARTH SHALL HE BE CALLED (ISAIAH 54:4-5).
IN BOTH OF THESE PASSAGES ‘FEAR NOT’ IS NOT JUST A SUGGESTION; IT’S
A COMMAND - A COMMAND WE’VE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY ENOUGH. YES, THE HUMAN RACE IS RIDDLED WITH FEAR, BUT
CHRISTIANS NOT ONLY DON’T HAVE TO BE, BUT SHOULD NOT BE.
LET’S LOOK AT HOW FEAR CAME INTO THE WORLD. THE BIBLE SAYS, ‘…SIN ENTERED INTO THE
WORLD, AND DEATH BY SIN…’ (ROM 5:12). WHEN
ADAM MADE SATAN HIS LORD, SATAN - WHO NEVER CREATED ANYTHING - PERVERTED THE
FORCE OF FAITH IN ADAM AND IT BECAME FEAR.
EVERYTHING GOD HAD INVESTED IN ADAM’S SPIRIT CAME UNDER THE LAW OF SIN
AND DEATH, FROM WHICH CHRIST (THE ANOINTED ONE) FREED US (ROM 8:2). THE FAITH ADAM RECEIVED WITH WHICH TO CONNECT
WITH GOD BECAME THE SAME SPIRITUAL FORCE THAT CONNECTED HIM TO THE DEVIL. FEAR IS TWISTED OR PERVERTED FAITH. FEAR WORKS IN THE SPIRIT WORLD THE SAME AS
FAITH - IT ACTIVATES SATAN THE WAY FAITH
ACTIVATES GOD.
EVIDENCES OF THIS ARE ALL AROUND US.
FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEONE WHO IS TOLD THEY’LL DIE OF CANCER WILL FEAR DEATH
BECAUSE THEY HAVE FAITH IN CANCER.
FEAR OF CANCER IS REALLY FAITH IN ITS ABILITY TO KILL YOU. FEAR OF A POISONOUS SNAKE IS REALLY FAITH IN
THAT SNAKE’S ABILITY TO HURT AND KILL.
FEAR OF OUR CHILDREN FALLING ILL WITH DISEASE IS FAITH IN THE SICKNESS
AND DISEASE.
FEAR IS CONNECTED TO THE LAW OF SIN AND DEATH THE SAME WAY FAITH
IS CONNECTED TO THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS.
SO WHEN GOD SAYS ‘FEAR NOT’ WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION UNDER THE
BLOOD OF JESUS TO RESIST FEAR.
THE KEY TO GETTING RID OF FEAR
REMEMBER, GOD DOESN’T WANT YOU HANDLING THE FEAR. HE’S ALREADY OVERCOME IT FOR YOU. HE WANTS YOU TO GET RID OF IT! LET’S SPEND SOME TIME IN ISAIAH 54 LOOKING
AT HOW FEAR OPERATES AND HOW WE CAN GET RID OF IT. LOOK AT VERSE 10 AND VERSES 13-14:
FOR THE MOUNTAINS SHALL DEPART, AND THE HILLS BE REMOVED; BUT MY
KINDNESS SHALL NOT DEPART FROM THEE, NEITHER SHALL THE COVENANT OF MY PEACE
BE REMOVED, SAITH THE LORD THAT HATH MERCY ON THEE… AND ALL THY CHILDREN SHALL
BE TAUGHT OF THE LORD; AND GREAT SHALL BE THE PEACE OF THY CHILDREN. IN RIGHTEOUSNESS SHALT THOU BE ESTABLISHED: THOU SHALT BE FAR FROM OPPRESSION; FOR
THOU SHALT NOT FEAR: AND FROM TERROR; FOR IT SHALL NOT COME NEAR THEE.
THE KEY TO GETTING RID OF FEAR IS GIVEN TO US IN THAT LAST VERSE - BE
ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS. BEING THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD IS NOT SOMETHING WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN THROUGH OUR OWN
EFFORTS. WE
ARE IN RIGHT STANDING WITH GOD BECAUSE HE SAID SO, THROUGH THE BLOOD OF
JESUS. OUR PART IS TO ESTABLISH THAT
TRUTH IN OUR OWN THINKING. WE ARE
RIGHTEOUS IN HIM AND GOD IS FOR US AND NOT AGAINST US. EVEN WHEN WE MAKE MISTAKES, GOD SAYS, ‘DON’T
WALLOW AROUND IN GUILT! JUST COME TO ME,
CONFESS THE THING AND GET RID OF IT!’
THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING YOUNG CHILDREN SHOULD BE TO TEACH THEM GOOD
JUDGMENT - NOT FEAR. WHEN WE TRAIN OUR
CHILDREN WE COULD SAY, ‘DON’T GO OUT IN THE STREET. DADDY’S AFRAID YOU’LL BE RUN OVER…’ OR
WE COULD SAY, ‘ YOU SEE THAT CAR? CARS
ARE GOOD AND ONE DAY YOU’LL BEG ME TO DRIVE MINE. BUT DON’T PLAY IN THE STREET BECAUSE CARS CAN
MASH YOU FLAT!’ THE SECOND WAY DOESN’T
BRING FEAR INTO GOOD JUDGMENT. SURE, IT
TAKES MORE TIME THAN SAYING, ‘GET OUT OF THE STREET. DON’T YOU KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO GET KILLED OUT
THERE!’ BUT IT DOESN’T RELEASE FEAR INTO
THE CHILD’S LIFE.
FAR FROM OPPRESSION
ACCORDING TO VERSE 14, WHEN WE ARE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, THEN WE’LL
BE FAR FROM OPPRESSION BECAUSE WE WON’T FEAR.
ONE DICTIONARY DEFINES OPPRESSION AS ‘THE TAKING AWAY OF MEN’S GOODS OR
ESTATES BY TERROR OR FORCE WITHOUT HAVING ANY RIGHT THERETO, BY WORKING ON THE
IGNORANCE, WEAKNESS OR FEARFULNESS OF THE OPPRESSED. (AMERICAN DICTIONARY OF
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, NOAH WEBSTER 1828).
ACTS 10:38 DESCRIBES JESUS AS GOING ABOUT ‘DOING GOOD, AND HEALING
ALL THAT WERE OPPRESSED OF THE DEVIL’.
OPPRESSION IS SOMEBODY TAKING SOMETHING AWAY FROM YOU (WITHOUT A RIGHT
TO IT). SICKNESS IS A SATANIC
OPPRESSION. THE DEVIL DOESN’T HAVE ANY
RIGHT TO TAKE YOUR HEALTH. HE’S NOT
YOUR GOD. YOU’VE BEEN BOUGHT WITH A PRICE, AND YOUR
BODY BELONGS TO JESUS. BY THE STRIPES ON
HIS BODY, YOU WERE HEALED.
LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HOW, WHEN WE
ARE ESTABLISHED IN RIGHTEOUSNESS AND KNOW OUR COVENANT RIGHTS, WE CAN
STOP THE ENEMY FROM USING OPPRESSION AND FEAR TO STEAL FROM US. MY DAUGHTER, KELLIE’S SECOND CHILD, LYNDSEY,
GOT SICK THE CHRISTMAS SHE WAS ELEVEN YEARS OLD. CHRISTMAS MORNING SHE LOST CONSCIOUSNESS AND
WHEN THEY WOKE HER, SHE DIDN’T KNOW ANYBODY.
THEY RUSHED HER TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHERE SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE
MOST DEADLY TYPE OF SPINAL MENINGITIS.
ITS USUAL KILLING TIME IS 48 HOURS OR LESS. TWO CHILDREN IN THE HOSPITAL HAD DIED AND
ANOTHER HAD BOTH LEGS AMPUTATED BECAUSE OF IT, YET THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE
SPECIALIST SAID SHE’D NEVER SEEN A WORSE SPINAL TAP TEST.
KELLIE KNEW FROM PSALM 112, THAT A PERSON WHOSE HEART IS FIXED
TRUSTING IN THE LORD, NEVER FEARS EVIL TIDINGS. MY DAUGHTER TERRI TOLD ME LATER, ‘KELLIE LEFT
THAT DOCTOR, WALKED UP TO ME, LOOKED ME STRAIGHT IN THE FACE AND CALMLY AND
FIRMLY SAID, ‘I REFUSE TO FEAR IN THE NAME OF JESUS.’
WE TAUGHT OUR CHILDREN THIS WAY. WE
REFUSE TO HAVE FEAR EVEN AT A MOMENT LIKE THAT!
AT THE TIME OF THIS ATTACK, GLORIA AND I WERE IN COLORADO WAITING ON A
FRIEND’S AIRPLANE TO PICK US UP AND TAKE US TO THEM. AS WE PRAYED, I LOOKED AT GLORIA AND SAID, ‘I
HAVE A STRONG URGENCY TO RECEIVE COMMUNION TOGETHER.’ SHE SAID, ‘I DO TOO. LET’S TAKE
COMMUNION RIGHT NOW.’ SO WE
DID.
AT THE HOSPITAL, MY DAUGHTER, TWO SONS-IN -LAW AND JERRY AND CAROLYN
SAVELLE WERE MOVED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD TO TAKE COMMUNION. WITHOUT BEING AWARE OF IT, WE ALL TOOK
COMMUNION AT THE VERY SAME TIME. THEY IN
FORTH WORTH AT THE HOSPITAL - GLORIA AND I IN COLORADO. FIVE MINUTES LATER, LYNDSEY WOKE UP AND SAID,
‘DADDY, WHY ARE ALL THESE WIRES ON ME?’
BY THE NEXT AFTERNOON, SHE WAS RUNNING AROUND THE HOSPITAL.
WHERE DID THE VICTORY TAKE PLACE?
THE VICTORY TOOK PLACE IN US. EVERY ONE OF
US TOOK AUTHORITY OVER FEAR AND REFUSED TO BE MOVED BY IT. WE ESTABLISHED OURSELVES IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS
OF GOD AND STAYED FAR FROM OPPRESSION. WITHOUT
FEAR THERE WAS NOTHING TO CONNECT US TO IT.
ACTING ON THE WORD ONLY
THAT PARTICULAR DISEASE TRIES TO CUT OFF CIRCULATION IN APPENDAGES OF
THE BODY. WHEN THE DOCTORS TESTED
LYNDSEY, THEY FOUND SOME HEARING LOSS.
THAT GAVE US ANOTHER GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE AFRAID. WHEN GLORIA AND I ARRIVED LATER THAT FIRST
NIGHT, I WENT TO LYNDSEY’S BEDSIDE. ‘LYNDSEY,’
I SAID, ‘I SPEAK TO THE ANOINTING THAT IS IN YOU ACCORDING TO 1 JOHN 2 THAT
SAYS THE ANOINTING WE HAVE RECEIVED OF HIM ABIDES IN US NOW. I STIR IT UP!”
LYNDSEY LOOKED UP AT ME, GRITTED HER TEETH AND SAID, ‘I AM HEALED, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.’ NOW THE DOCTORS SAID THE HEARING LOSS WAS
WORSE IN ONE EAR THAN THE OTHER, SO WHEN LYNDSEY TALKED ON THE TELEPHONE, SHE
WOULD USE THE EAR THAT WAS WORSE, ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED TO WALK BY FAITH!
WHY WOULD AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL DO THAT?
BECAUSE HER MAMA AND DADDY TAUGHT HER TO DO IT! THE THINGS OF GOD ARE MORE NATURAL TO HER
THAN THE WORLD’S WAY OF DOING THINGS.
LYNDSEY AND HER MOTHER QUOTED SCRIPTURES ABOUT HEARING EVERY MORNING AND
NIGHT, OVER HER EARS. SEVERAL WEEKS
LATER SHE HAD LESS HEARING LOSS, AND FINALLY EVEN THAT LEFT.
ACTING ON THE WORD OF GOD INSTEAD OF ACTING ON FEAR PUTS US
FAR FROM OPPRESSION. YES, THE DRIVE TO
BE AFRAID IS A TERRIBLE FORCE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN REBORN. THERE’S A GREATER FORCE AT WORK IN US. THE FAITH OF GOD WE FEED WITH THE WORD
KEEPS THAT FEAR CAST OUT! BY
RECEIVING JESUS AS LORD AND SAVIOUR AND ACTING ON THE WORD, WHAT WAS A FOUNTAIN
OF FEAR HAS BECOME A FOUNTAIN OF FAITH.
WHAT THE DEVIL TRIES TO DO IS TRAIN US IN HABITS OF FEAR SO HE CAN
STEAL, KILL AND DESTROY. BUT WE DON’T
HAVE TO TAKE THOSE THOUGHTS. IN
FACT, ANYTHING THAT JESUS BORE ON THE CROSS, WE’RE
OBLIGATED TO RESIST WITH EVERYTHING THAT IS IN US! LOOK AT ISAIAH 54:15: ‘BEHOLD, THEY SHALL SURELY GATHER
TOGETHER, BUT NOT BY ME: WHOSOEVER SHALL GATHER TOGETHER AGAINST THEE SHALL
FALL FOR THY SAKE.’
WHEN FEAR AND OPPRESSION AND TERROR TRY TO GET TO YOU, TELL THEM TO
FALL. SAY, ‘FALL
IN THE NAME OF JESUS! I REFUSE TO BACK
OFF FROM YOU.’
YEARS AGO, A PREACHER TOOK ME WITH HIM TO MINISTER IN A HOSPITAL. I’D BEEN SAVED A MONTH OR SO AND DIDN’T KNOW
ANYTHING.. AT THE TIME, I WEIGHED ABOUT
245 POUNDS. WE WENT TO SEE A LITTLE,
SICK, MOSTLY OUT OF HER HEAD OLD WOMAN, WHO WEIGHED ABOUT 75 POUNDS. WE WERE JUST STANDING THERE BY HER HOSPITAL
BED WHEN SUDDENLY SHE RAISED UP, LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND SHOUTED, ‘SICK,
BOY! SICK, SICK BOY! SICK!’
I BOLTED FOR THE DOOR. THE DEMONS
IN THAT LITTLE WOMAN RAN ME OUT OF THAT ROOM!
OUTSIDE, I WAS SO ASHAMED. I
SAID, ‘LORD, THIS IS PITIFUL. IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, I’LL NEVER AGAIN RUN FROM THE DEVIL THE REST OF MY LIFE. BUT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO TEACH ME HOW TO
DEAL WITH DEVILS.’
SINCE THEN, I’VE BEEN AROUND SOME OF THE MEANEST, MOST DEMONIC PEOPLE ON
THE FACE OF THE EARTH, WALKED RIGHT IN AND WALKED RIGHT OUT AND HAD GOD ALMIGHTY PROTECT ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. ISAIAH 54:17 TELLS US: ‘NO WEAPON
FORMED AGAINST THEE SHALL PROSPER, AND EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES UP AGAINST THEE
IN JUDGMENT THOU SHALT CONDEMN. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD, AND THEIR
RIGHTEOUSNESS IS FROM ME,’ SAITH THE LORD.
REDEEMED FROM FEAR AND OPPRESSION
WE HAVE AN ANOINTING - THE BURDEN-REMOVING, YOKE-DESTROYING
POWER OF GOD INSIDE US. SO FOR US TO ACT
IN FEAR IS BLASPHEMOUS. WE MAY BE
TREMBLING FROM THE KNEES UP AND SHAKING FROM THE KNEES DOWN. WE MAY HAVE BEEN AFRAID ALL OUR LIVES. FEAR MAY SEEM LIKE IT’S JUST PART OF US. BUT WE CAN RESIST FEAR, SAYING, ‘I HAVE BEEN REDEEMED FROM THE POWER AND BONDAGE OF THE LAW OF
SIN AND DEATH. FEAR, TAKE YOUR HAND OFF MY LIFE. I REFUSE TO BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING I HAVE BEEN
REDEEMED FROM.’
HEBREWS 2:14-15 SAYS:
FORASMUCH THEN AS THE CHILDREN ARE PARTAKERS OF FLESH AND BLOOD, HE ALSO
HIMSELF LIKEWISE TOOK PART OF THE SAME, THAT THROUGH DEATH HE MIGHT DESTROY HIM
THAT HAD THE POWER OF DEATH, THAT IS, THE DEVIL; AND DELIVER THEM WHO THROUGH
FEAR OF DEATH WERE ALL THEIR LIFETIME SUBJECT TO BONDAGE.
THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE TEMPTED TO RUN FROM THE DEVIL, REMEMBER DAVID. WHEN PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO HIDE FROM GOLIATH,
DAVID WAS ASKING, ‘WHAT DO I GET IF I KILL HIM?’
WHEN GOLIATH MOUTHED HIS THREATS, DAVID TALKED HIS FAITH: ‘I’LL TAKE
YOUR HEAD OFF. I’LL SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD THAT THERE’S A GOD IN ISRAEL!’ HE KNEW A PERSON IN COVENANT WITH GOD IS
NEVER AT THE MERCY OF ANY THREAT FROM THE DEVIL. DOWN GOLIATH WENT, AND DAVID CUT OFF HIS
HEAD.
THAT’S THE WAY YOU CAN BE. ‘(SUBMIT
TO GOD), RESIST THE DEVIL AND HE WILL FLEE FROM YOU.’ (JAMES 4:7).
MAKE THE DEVIL DREAD EVERY DAY YOU GET OUT OF BED. WHEN THE DEVIL COMES STORMING IN, TELL
HIM, ‘GET OUT, IN THE NAME OF JESUS!’ PUT THAT WHOLE
ARMOUR ON! AND WHEN YOU DO,
THINK WHAT YOU MUST LOOK AND SOUND LIKE TO THE DEVIL. YOU’RE STANDING BEHIND THE SHIELD OF
FAITH. THE FACEPLATE IS PULLED DOWN ON
THE HELMET OF SALVATION. YOUR BODY’S
COVERED WITH TRUTH AND THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND YOUR FEET ARE SHOD
WITH THE GOSPEL OF PEACE. WAVING THE SWORD OF THE (HOLY) SPIRIT AS YOU REFUSE TO SPEAK
ANYTHING BUT FAITH IN THE NAME OF JESUS!
THE DEVIL WON’T KNOW THAT IT’S NOT GOD IN THAT SUIT. AFTER ALL, IT’S GOD’S SUIT! SO, TAKE YOUR STAND! BE BIGGER THAN YOU
ARE BECAUSE THE BIGGER ONE IS LIVING IN YOU.
AND WHEN YOU ROAR, ROAR LIKE THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH!
IF YOU’LL DO THAT, IT WON’T BE LONG BEFORE YOU STOP ASKING HOW YOU CAN
GET RID OF FEAR. INSTEAD YOU’LL WATCH IN AMAZEMENT AT HOW FAST FEAR, AND EVERY OTHER
OPPRESSION OF THE DEVIL, FLEES FROM YOU!
BVOV
WHEN BLOOD GETS
THICKER THAN WATER
THICKER THAN WATER
KENNETH COPELAND
BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY MAGAZINE
APRIL 2000
WHEN I WAS A KID, I ALWAYS WANTED A BLOOD BROTHER. I WANTED ONE SO BAD, I DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO
DO. I NEVER HAD ANY BROTHERS OR SISTERS,
SO I TRIED TO GET MY FRIENDS TO BECOME BLOOD BROTHERS.
I REMEMBER THINKING, INDIANS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BLOOD BROTHERS….
I NEVER COULD FIND ANY WHITE BOYS WHO WANTED TO SEE THEIR OWN
BLOOD. IT WAS NEAT IN THE MOVIES, BUT
WHEN IT CAME TIME TO MAKE ‘THE CUT’ THEY DIDN’T WANT ANY PART OF IT.
TODAY, IN OUR CIVILISED SOCIETY, WE ARE NOT VERY AWARE OF OR CONSCIOUS
OF COVENANTS - AT LEAST, NOT LIKE OUR ANCESTORS WERE - PARTICULARLY, BLOOD
COVENANTS.
IN ANCIENT DAYS, AMONG ALL TRIBES OF PEOPLE AND ALL CIVILIZATIONS, THERE
WAS THE COMMON PRACTICE OF COVENANTS MADE BY BLOOD. THESE BLOOD COVENANTS
WERE A MATTER OF TOTALLY GIVING ONESELF TO ANOTHER FOR LIFE WITHOUT ANY
RESERVATION. IT MEANT COMPLETE LOYALTY. WHAT’S MORE, ONCE A BLOOD COVENANT WAS CUT
BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS OR FAMILIES, THAT COVENANT WAS AN AGREEMENT THAT LASTED
FOR AT LEAST EIGHT GENERATIONS.
WITH THE PASSING OF TIME, HOWEVER, AND THE MORE ‘SOPHISTICATED’ OUR
CULTURES BECAME, THE HUMAN FAMILY STRAYED FROM SUCH COVENANTS. CONSEQUENTLY, TODAY, MANY BELIEVERS ARE
UNAWARE OF THEIR OWN BLOOD COVENANT WITH GOD.
THEY HAVE NO REAL UNDERSTANDING OF ETERNAL PROMISES WRITTEN IN THE
PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS.
IN THAT COVENANT OF BLOOD, GOD HAS PROVIDED EVERYTHING WE NEED TO TAKE
AUTHORITY OVER OUR FLESH AND LET THE IMAGE OF CHRIST BE FULLY FORMED IN
US. GOD’S COVENANT HAS GIVEN US THE
POWER TO SUCCEED IN EVERY TASK AND FULFILL EVERY DREAM HE HAS PUT IN OUR HEARTS. SO, LET’S TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE RICH DEPTH
AND RANGE OF PROMISES GOD MADE IN HIS COVENANT WITH US, SEALED IN THE BLOOD OF
JESUS.
IN THE DAYS OF THE ANCIENT HEBREW NATION, FAMILIES CUT COVENANT AS
WELL. IN FACT, THE HEBREW WORD FOR COVENANT LITERALLY MEANS “A CUT WHERE BLOOD
FLOWS”. THESE BLOOD COVENANTS WERE THE
PRINCIPLE BEHIND SCRIPTURES SUCH AS PROVERBS 18:24 WHICH SAYS, ‘…THERE IS A
FRIEND THAT STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER.’
THEY WERE ALSO THE REASONING BEHIND PHRASES SUCH AS, ‘BLOOD IS THICKER
THAN WATER.’
THE MOTIVE BEHIND BLOOD COVENANTS WAS QUITE SIMPLY, DIFFERENCES - THAT
IS, COVENANTS WERE BASED ON THE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE PARTIES
INVOLVED. FOR INSTANCE, ONE FAMILY OR
TRIBE MIGHT BE GOOD FARMERS, WHILE A NEIGHBOURING FAMILY OR TRIBE MIGHT BE
KNOWN FOR BEING SUPERIOR WARRIORS. SO,
WHY NOT COME TOGETHER AND CUT COVENANT AND ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF EACH OTHER -
ESPECIALLY IF THE FARMERS WERE ALWAYS GETTING ROBBED AND THE WARRIORS WERE
ALWAYS GOING HUNGRY.
BEFORE THESE COVENANTS COULD BE MADE, HOWEVER, THERE WERE USUALLY
LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES.
AFTER ALL, AN AGREEMENT MADE IN BLOOD SPANNING EIGHT GENERATIONS WAS
SERIOUS BUSINESS.
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BLOOD COVENANTS, AS WELL AS OUR
COVENANT WITH GOD, IT WOULD HELP US TO WALK THROUGH THE SEVEN STEPS OF A
TRADITIONAL HEBREW COVENANT CEREMONY.
STEP 1
EACH
FAMILY, OR PARTY, CHOSE A COVENANT REPRESENTATIVE
THE PERSON REPRESENTING THE FAMILY WAS ALWAYS THE FAMILY’S
BEST - THE SMARTEST, THE STRONGEST, FLEETEST OF FOOT.
LIKEWISE THE ANIMALS TO BE USED IN THE COVENANT CEREMONY
WERE ALWAYS THE BEST. THEY WERE
CAREFULLY SELECTED AND PREPARED. THE
HEBREW PEOPLE HAD LEARNED THIS EARLY ON WHEN GOD INSTRUCTED THEM TO OFFER ONLY
THE BEST WHEN BRINGING SACRIFICES TO HIM.
HE DIDN’T WANT ONE-EYED, DISEASED ANIMALS ON HIS ALTAR.
CONSEQUENTLY, THIS IS WHERE THE TERM THE FATTED CALF COMES
FROM. IN TODAY’S TERMS, WE COMMONLY
THINK OF THE FATTED CALF BEING THE BEST OF SOMETHING TO CONSUME OURSELVES.
ACTUALLY, IT WAS THE CHOICEST ONE SET ASIDE FOR COVENANT
CEREMONIES AND SACRIFICES.
FINALLY, A COVENANT SITE WAS CHOSEN, AND THE FAMILIES WOULD
COME TOGETHER. EACH FAMILY’S COUNCIL OF
ELDERS WAS PLACED WHERE THEY COULD WATCH CLOSELY, AND HEAR EVERY WORD SPOKEN.
STEP 2
THE COVENANT CUT WAS
MADE
IN THE ANCIENT HEBREW COVENANT
CEREMONY, THE CUTTING OF THE SACRIFICIAL ANIMALS WAS DONE DIFFERENTLY FROM
EVERY OTHER SACRIFICE OR CEREMONY.
THE COVENANT CUTS WERE MADE FROM THE
BASE OF THE ANIMAL’S SKULLS, LENGTHWISE DOWN THEIR BACKBONES. THE ANIMALS WERE SPLIT AND THEN PARTED DOWN
THEIR BACKBONES. EACH HALF WAS MADE TO
FALL SIDE TO SIDE, BUT THEN PROPPED UP SO THE BLOOD WOULD FLOW DOWN A PATHWAY.
THE COVENANT ANIMALS USUALLY
INCLUDED A CALF AND A LAMB. THE CALF
REPRESENTED MONETARY VALUE. IT
REPRESENTED THE FAMILY’S POSSESSIONS.
THE LAMB REPRESENTED TOTAL DEFENSELESSNESS. IN FACT, THE LAMB USED IN THE CEREMONY WAS SO
YOUNG THAT IT DID NOT YET HAVE TEETH. IT
HAD NO DEFENSE.
BY SACRIFICING THESE ANIMALS, EACH
FAMILY WAS SAYING, ‘WE FREELY BRING OUR BLOOD TO THIS COVENANT. WE COME WITH NO MALICE - TOTALLY FREE,
TOTALLY LOYAL.’ ONCE THE ANIMALS WERE
CUT AND THEIR BLOOD SHED ON THE GROUND, THE COVENANT CEREMONY BEGAN.
STEP 3
THE REPRESENTATIVES
EXCHANGED COATS
EACH REPRESENTATIVE WALKED THROUGH
THE PATHWAY OF THE ANIMALS’ BLOOD TWICE, AND THEY DID SO IN A FIGURE OF
EIGHT. AFTER THEY WALKED THROUGH THE
BLOOD THE FIRST TIME, THEY STOPPED AND EXCHANGED COATS WHILE MAKING CERTAIN PROMISES
ABOUT WHO THEY WERE, WHAT THEY HAD, AND WHAT THEY MEANT TO THE OTHER
PERSON. THIS WAS SIMILAR TO OUR MODERN
MILITARY TRADITIONS.
IN OUR SOCIETY, WE KNOW YOU CAN TELL
A SOLDIER’S RANK BY THE COAT THAT HE OR SHE WEARS. THEIR COATS REPRESENT THEIR AUTHORITY, THEIR
OCCUPATION OR SPECIFIC TASK, THEIR BRANCH OF SERVICE, AND SO ON. WE ALSO KNOW WHEN A PRIVATE WALKS INTO A ROOM
FILLED WITH SOLDIERS, NOT MUCH HAPPENS.
WHEN A GENERAL WALKS IN, HOWEVER, EVERYONE STOPS EVERYTHING TO JUMP TO
ATTENTION AND SALUTE.
BUT NOW, IMAGINE A PRIVATE - WEARING
A GENERAL’S UNIFORM - WALKING INTO THE ROOM.
THAT PRIVATE WOULD GET THE SAME RESPONSE AS THE GENERAL. WHY?
BECAUSE IT’S THE GENERAL’S UNIFORM THAT DOES THE TALKING.
THE SAME HELD TRUE FOR THE BLOOD
COVENANT CEREMONY. A FARMER, FOR
INSTANCE, WOULD COME TO THE CEREMONY WITH A COAT REPRESENTING HIS FAMILY AND
HIS AUTHORITY. A WARRIOR WOULD COME WITH
HIS. THEN, AT THIS POINT, THEY WOULD
EXCHANGE THEIR COATS, AND THEREBY, THEIR IDENTITIES.
THIS ADDS GREATER INSIGHT AS TO WHY
THE APOSTLE PAUL EXHORTS US TO ‘PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOUR OF GOD.’ (EPH
6:11). IT DOESN’T MATTER WHO IS WEARING
IT - IT’S THE ARMOUR THAT DOES THE TALKING!
STEP 4
THE REPRESENTATIVES
EXCHANGE WEAPONS
AFTER THE REPRESENTATIVES WALKED
THROUGH THE PATHWAY OF THE ANIMALS’ BLOOD IN A FIGURE EIGHT THE SECOND TIME,
THEY STOPPED AGAIN AND EXCHANGED WEAPONS.
IN THOSE DAYS, WHEN MEN WENT TO WAR,
THEY WORE A GIRDLE, OR BELT. IT WAS A
GIRDLE BECAUSE THEIR OUTER GARMENTS WERE LIKE LONG, FLOWING ROBES. TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT, RUN, OR WALK COMFORTABLY,
THEY HAD TO REACH BETWEEN THEIR LEGS AND PULL THE BACKSIDE OF THEIR ROBE UP TO
THE FRONT AND FASTEN IT UNDERNEATH THEIR BELT.
STRAPPED TO THEIR BELTS WERE ALSO THEIR WEAPONS.
NOW, IF THE FARMER DIDN’T HAVE ANY
WEAPONS, HE AT LEAST HAD HIS FIGHTING KNIFE, AND MAYBE A GOOD AXE HANDLE TO
FIGHT WITH. THE WARRIOR, MEANWHILE,
PROBABLY HAD AN ASSORTMENT OF FEROCIOUS LOOKING WEAPONS STRAPPED TO HIS BELT.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY HAD, THEY
EXCHANGED WEAPONS AND BELTS SAYING, ‘HERE’S MY AUTHORITY AND POWER IN WAR. I GIVE IT TO YOU. ANY ENEMY THAT COMES AGAINST YOU IS MY
ENEMY. ANYONE WHO CURSES YOU, I CURSE. ANYONE WHO THREATENS YOU, HAS TO ANSWER TO
ME.
JUST AS THIS ANIMAL HAS BLED AND
DIED, I WILL BLEED AND DIE FOR YOUR FAMILY THE SAME AS I WOULD MINE.’
STEP 5
THE REPRESENTATIVES CUT THEIR FLESH
THE REPRESENTATIVES CUT THEIR FLESH
ONCE MOST OF THE COVENANT PROMISES
AND BLESSINGS WERE MADE, THE TWO REPRESENTATIVES CUT THEIR OWN FLESH SO THEIR
BLOOD WAS VISIBLE TO ALL THE COUNCIL OF ELDERS.
THEN THEY BROUGHT THEIR HANDS TOGETHER, MINGLED THEIR BLOOD AND LIFTED
THEIR HANDS TO GOD. THIS WAS WHEN THE
MOST PRECIOUS OF THE VOWS WERE MADE BETWEEN THE FAMILIES.
BY LIFTING THEIR HANDS TO GOD, THEY
WERE MAKING THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH THIRD PARTY TO THEIR COVENANT,
BELIEVING ALMIGHTY GOD TO WATCH OVER THEIR AGREEMENT. EACH SWORE BY GOD TO KEEP THE PROMISES THEY
HAD MADE.
BY BRINGING THEIR HANDS TOGETHER AND
MINGLING THEIR BLOOD, THEY WERE CALLED ONE FAMILY.
FROM THAT DAY ON, THE SEAL OF THE
COVENANT WAS THE SCAR ON THE BODY OF EACH REPRESENTATIVE. IF YOU SAW SOMEONE WITH A COVENANT SCAR, YOU
REALLY DIDN’T KNOW WHO YOU WERE MESSING WITH, AND YOU WOULD PROBABLY THINK
TWICE ABOUT STIRRING UP TROUBLE WITH THEM.
THAT SCAR MEANT THERE WAS A BLOOD BROTHER HANGING AROUND SOMEWHERE.
REMEMBER WHAT JESUS SAID IN MATTHEW
18:19-20? ‘AGAIN I SAY UNTO YOU, THAT IF
TWO OF YOU SHALL AGREE ON EARTH AS TOUCHING ANY THING THAT THEY SHALL ASK, IT
SHALL BE DONE FOR THEM OF MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. FOR WHERE TWO OR THREE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER
IN MY NAME, THERE AM I IN THE MIDST OF THEM.’
THE CHURCH HAS NEVER REALLY FIGURED
OUT WHAT THAT MEANS - BUT IT’S COVENANT.
WHEN JESUS SAID IT, HE MEANT IT.
WE JUST HAVE NOT HAD A COVENANT CONSCIOUSNESS TO UNDERSTAND IT FULLY.
STEP 6
THE COVENANT MEAL
THE COVENANT MEAL
THE MIGHTY CLIMAX OF THE WHOLE
COVENANT CEREMONY WAS THE REMEMBRANCE PARTY.
IN THE BIBLE, THE WORD REMEMBER IS
POWERFUL. EXODUS 2 TELLS US THAT GOD
REMEMBERED HIS COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC AND JACOB. IT DOESN’T SAY, ‘HE HAPPENED TO REMEMBER
IT.’ GOD DOESN’T FORGET. THE WORD REMEMBER, THERE, LITERALLY
MEANS ‘THE CLAW’. IT REFERS TO THE TALON
OF A MIGHTY EAGLE.
AMONG SOME OF THE HEBREW TRIBES,
PEOPLE CUTTING COVENANT WERE KNOW TO TAKE AN EAGLE’S CLAW AND PUT IT IN THEIR
FACE AND SAY, ‘MY REMEMBRANCE OF YOU IS AS THOUGH I WERE STILL IN THE BLOOD,
PROMISING YOU EVERYTHING I HAVE. MY
COVENANT WITH YOU IS LIKE A CLAW IN MY BRAIN.
I CANNOT EVEN SEE EXCEPT FOR SEEING YOU IN MY FACE.’
THIS REMEMBRANCE PARTY OR COVENANT
MEAL, WAS WHERE THE FAMILIES BEGAN EATING BREAD, DRINKING WINE, DANCING AND
CELEBRATING. THEY WOULD ACTUALLY FEED
BREAD TO ONE ANOTHER, SAYING, ‘THIS IS MY BODY.
I WILL LET YOUR FAMILY HAVE MY BODY, BEFORE I WILL LET THEM
STARVE.’
THEN, SHARING WINE, THEY WOULD REMIND
EACH OTHER THAT IT REPRESENTED THE BLOOD THEY HAD JUST WALKED IN, MAKING THEM
ONE FAMILY.
STEP 7
THE FAMILIES EXCHANGED NAMES
THE FAMILIES EXCHANGED NAMES
BY THE TIME THE COVENANT CEREMONY
WAS COMPLETED, BOTH PARTIES OR FAMILIES HAD NEW NAMES. FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE FARMERS AND THE FIGHTERS
CUT COVENANT, PHIL FARMER WAS NOW PHIL FIGHTER-FARMER, AND FRED FIGHTER BECAME
FRED FARMER-FIGHTER.
SUCH COVENANT NAMES WERE ANOTHER
INDICATION FOR TROUBLEMAKERS TO LEAVE PHIL, THE FARMER, ALONE. THAT WAS NOT JUST PHIL FARMER ANYMORE. THAT WAS PHIL FIGHTER-FARMER. THAT WAS NOT JUST FRED FIGHER, EITHER. THE FARMER-FIGHTER FAMILY NOW HAD PLENTY OF
FOOD TO SELL. THEY HAD COVENANTED WITH
THE FARMER FAMILY. THEY WERE NOW ONE
LARGE, POWERFUL FAMILY.
TODAY, WE OFTEN SEE NAMES OF
FAMILIES THAT HAVE A HYPHEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM. THAT MEANS, SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THOSE
TWO FAMILIES CAME INTO COVENANT.
EPHESIANS 3:15 SAYS ‘THE WHOLE
FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND EARTH IS NAMED’ OF JESUS.
BY COVENANT, WE BEAR THE NAME OF JESUS - THAT NAME THAT IS ABOVE EVERY
NAME. AND BY COVENANT, WE GO INTO ALL
THE WORLD BEARING THAT NAME (MARK 16:15-18).
YOU HAVE A BIG BROTHER
TO UNDERSTAND JUST HOW PASSIONATE
GOD IS ABOUT THIS COVENANT HE HAS MADE WITH YOU IN THE BLOOD OF HIS OWN SON
JESUS, LOOK AT 2 CORINTHIANS 6:16-18, ‘…FOR YE ARE THE TEMPLE OF THE LIVING
GOD: AS GOD HATH SAID, I WILL DWELL IN THEM, AND WALK IN THEM; AND I WILL BE
THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE.
WHEREFORE COME OUT FROM AMONG THEM, AND BE YE SEPARATE… AND I WILL BE A
FATHER UNTO YOU, AND YE SHALL BE MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS, SAITH THE LORD
ALMIGHTY.’ THIS WAS PAUL QUOTING FROM
ISAIAH 52 AND EZEKIEL 20.
OLD TESTAMENT WRITERS USED A
COVENANT WORD, WHICH IN HEBREW IS HESED.
IT IS TRANSLATED AS ‘EVER LOVINGKINDNESS; TENDERNESS; MERCY.’ THESE TRANSLATIONS, HOWEVER, MISS THE DEPTH
AND POWER OF ITS MEANING.
HESED IS BEST DESCRIBED, PERHAPS, AS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE A MOTHER OR A FATHER
WHEN THEIR CHILD IS THREATENED. ONLY, IT
GOES FAR BEYOND THAT.
HESED IS THE FORCE THAT RISES INSIDE A COVENANT BROTHER CAUSING HIM TO WANT
TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG FOR THE BENEFIT OF HIS COVENANT BROTHER, OR COVENANT
FAMILY. IT IS A DRIVE THAT FAR EXCEEDS
ANY OTHER DRIVE KNOWN TO MANKIND. WE’VE
ONLY TASTED A SMALL BIT OF IT.
FROM GOD’S PERSPECTIVE, HESED MIGHT
BEST BE DESCRIBED USING JOHN 3:16: ‘FOR GOD SO HESED THE WORLD, THAT HE
GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON…’
LONG BEFORE GOD EVER CREATED MAN, HE
PROVIDED A COVENANT LAMB, A LAMB WITHOUT SPOT, OR BLEMISH, SO IF MAN DID MESS
UP, IT WOULD KEEP HIM FROM LOSING EVERYTHING - AND IT WOULD KEEP GOD FROM
LOSING THE FAMILY HE SO LONGED FOR.
AFTER ADAM DID COMMIT HIGH TREASON
AND BOWED HIS KNEE TO SATAN, HE LOST THE PRESENCE AND REVELATION OF GOD. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, THE FIRST THING GOD DID
WAS TO KILL AN ANIMAL IN ORDER TO CLOTHE ADAM.
HE HAD BEEN CLOTHED WITH THE VERY GLORY OF GOD, BUT WHEN HE SINNED, THE
GLORY LIGHT WENT OUT.
LATER, HOWEVER, GOD FOUND FOR
HIMSELF A MAN, ABRAM, A MAN WITH WHOM HE COULD CUT COVENANT, A MAN WHO WOULD
TEACH HIS CHILDREN THAT COVENANT (GENESIS 18).
BUT WHY DID GOD REQUIRE THE BLOOD OF
ANIMALS? HE DID NOT HAVE ANY BLOOD OF HIS OWN TO SHED. WHEN ABRAM SINNED, GOD SAID, I’LL TAKE THE
BLOOD OF AN ANIMAL, RATHER THAN HIM.
I’LL TREAT HIM AS THOUGH HE DIDN’T SIN.
I’LL ACCOUNT IT TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS - BECAUSE HE BELIEVED ME
(GALATIANS 3).
ABRAHAM BELIEVED THE PROMISES OF
GOD, THE PROMISES THAT WERE TO HIM AND HIS SEED.
GALATIANS 3:13-14 SAYS, ‘CHRIST [THE
ANOINTED ONE AND HIS ANOINTING] HATH REDEEMED US FROM THE CURSE OF THE LAW,
BEING MADE A CURSE FOR US… THAT THE BLESSING OF ABRAHAM MIGHT COME TO THE
GENTILES THROUGH JESUS CHRIST.’
THE APOSTLE PAUL GOES ON TO SAY
THAT, WHEN GOD MADE THOSE PROMISES TO ABRAHAM, HE WAS ALSO MAKING THEM TO
JESUS, WHO HAD NOT YET BEEN BORN INTO THIS EARTH. GOD WAS MAKING A BLOOD COVENANT WITH A MAN
AND HE EXPECTED THAT COVENANT, THOSE WORDS, TO PRODUCE A BODY WITH BLOOD -
JESUS- WHEREIN HE COULD SWEAR.
JOHN 1:14 SAYS, ‘THE WORD WAS MADE
FLESH, AND DWELT AMONG US…’
YOU AND I ARE ABRAHAM’S SEED. WE ARE HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE (GAL
3:29). IT IS NO LONGER BY THE BLOOD OF
COWS AND SHEEP, BUT BY THE BLOOD OF ALMIGHTY GOD, HIMSELF.
OURS IS A COVENANT BETWEEN A
RESURRECTED, IMMORTAL MAN, JESUS, AND A HOLY AND INFALLIBLE GOD.
WHICH OF THEM DO YOU THINK COULD
EVER BREAK THE COVENANT? NEITHER.
WHAT’S MORE, WE CANNOT BREAK
IT. WE MAY STEP OUT OF FELLOWSHIP WHEN
WE SIN. BUT ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS CONFESS
OUR SIN AND STEP BACK INTO THAT FELLOWSHIP (1 JOHN 1:9).
WE’VE BEEN GRAFTED INTO A COVENANT
BETWEEN GOD, OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, AND JESUS, OUR BLOOD BROTHER. KNOWLEDGE OF AND TRUST IN THAT COVENANT WILL
REMOVE THE FEARS OF INSUFFICIENCY AND LACK THAT MEN FEED WITH SUCH THINGS AS OVEREATING
AND COMPULSIVE SPENDING. IT WILL REMOVE
THE FEARS OF REJECTION THAT HAVE CAUSED SO MANY TO SEEK COMFORT IN WRONG
RELATIONSHIPS AND IN WHAT THEY PUT IN THE BODY AND ON THE BODY INSTEAD OF WHAT
THEY FEED THE SPIRIT. GOD’S COVENANT
LOVE REMOVES MEN FROM TRUST IN THE WORLD’S WAYS FOR THEIR SECURITY AND SUCCESS
AND BUILDS THEIR LIVES ON THE UNSHAKEABLE FOUNDATION OF GOD’S WAY OF DOING
THINGS.
ALL WE EVER NEED TO DO, NOW, IS
BEING DEVELOPING A CONSCIOUSNESS OF JESUS’ BLOOD, A CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR BLOOD
COVENANT WITH GOD. WHEN THE DEVIL COMES
AGAINST YOU, WHEN SICKNESS AND DISEASE COME AGAINST YOU, WHEN FEAR, WORRY, HARM
OR POVERTY COME AGAINST YOU - REMEMBER THE COVENANT!
REMEMBER THE BLOOD. REMEMBER THE PROMISES. REMEMBER THE WORD.
YOU HAVE A BLOOD BROTHER, JUST TURN
IT OVER TO HIM. YOU’LL SOON REALIZE JUST
HOW THICK HIS BLOOD REALLY IS!
BVOV
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SIMPLE PRAYER:
ABBA FATHER, THERE IS ONE GOD AND ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, THE
MAN CHRIST JESUS, WHO GAVE HIMSELF AS A RANSOM FOR ALL MEN (1 TIM 2:5-6). I SEE A LAMB, LOOKING AS IF IT HAD BEEN
SLAIN, STANDING IN THE CENTRE OF THE THRONE, ENCIRCLED BY THE FOUR LIVING
CREATURES AND THE ELDERS (REV 5:6). YOU
ARE WORTHY,,, BECAUSE YOU WERE SLAIN, AND WITH YOUR BLOOD YOU PURCHASED MEN FOR
GOD FROM EVERY TRIBE AND LANGUAGE AND PEOPLE AND NATION. YOU HAVE MADE US TO BE A KINGDOM AND PRIESTS
TO SERVE OUR GOD, AND WE WILL REIGN ON THE EARTH (REV 5:9-10). WORTHY IS THE LAMB, WHO WAS SLAIN, TO RECEIVE
POWER AND WEALTH AND WISDOM AND STRENGTH AND HONOUR AND GLORY AND PRAISE!… TO HIM WHO SITS ON THE THRONE AND TO THE LAMB
BE PRAISE AND HONOUR AND GLORY AND POWER, FOR EVER AND EVER, AMEN! (REV
5:12-13). YOU ARE DRESSED IN A ROBE
DIPPED IN BLOOD AND YOUR NAME IS THE WORD OF GOD (REV 19:13).
WHEN I WAS DEAD IN MY SINS AND IN THE UNCIRCUMCISION OF MY SINFUL
NATURE, YOU MADE ME ALIVE WITH CHRIST.
YOU FORGAVE ME ALL MY SINS, HAVING CANCELLED THE WRITTEN CODE, WITH IT’S
REGULATIONS, THAT WAS AGAINST ME AND THAT STOOD OPPOSED TO ME; YOU TOOK IT
AWAY, NAILING IT TO THE CROSS. AND
HAVING DISARMED THE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES, JESUS MADE A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF
THEM, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM BY THE CROSS. (COL 2:13-15).
IN HIM I WAS ALSO CIRCUMCISED, IN THE PUTTING OFF OF THE SINFUL NATURE,
NOT WITH A CIRCUMCISION DONE BY THE HANDS OF MEN BUT WITH THE CIRCUMCISION DONE
BY CHRIST, HAVING BEEN BURIED WITH HIM IN BAPTISM AND RAISED WITH HIM THROUGH
MY FAITH IN THE POWER OF GOD, WHO RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD. (COL 2:11:12).
HE WHO KNEW NO SIN BECAME SIN FOR ME.
IN HIM I AM THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST.
I PUT ON CHRIST JESUS. BE A WALL
OF FIRE AROUND ME, LORD, AND MY GLORY WITHIN.
I AM IN CHRIST AND CHRIST IS IN GOD.
FOR I DIED, AND MY LIFE IS NOW HIDDEN WITH CHRIST IN GOD. WHEN CHRIST, WHO IS MY LIFE, APPEARS, THEN I
ALSO WILL APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY (COL 3:3).
FOR IN CHRIST ALL THE DEITY LIVES IN BODILY FORM, AND I HAVE BEEN GIVEN
FULLNESS IN CHRIST WHO IS THE HEAD OVER EVERY POWER AND AUTHORITY (COL
2:9-10). AND GOD RAISED ME UP AND SEATED
ME WITH CHRIST IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS IN CHRIST JESUS (EPH 2:6) FAR ABOVE ALL
PRINCIPALITIES, POWER, MIGHT AND DOMINION AND ABOVE EVERY NAME THAT IS
NAMED.
I PUT ON THE FULL ARMOUR OF GOD (EPH 6).
GOD HAS EXALTED ABOVE ALL THINGS HIS NAME AND HIS WORD. ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH IS GIVEN
TO JESUS. JESUS SAW SATAN FELL LIKE
LIGHTNING FROM HEAVEN. JESUS HAS REDUCED
SATAN TO ASHES ON THE GROUND (EZEK 28:18).
JESUS DISARMED THE POWERS AND AUTHORITIES, MAKING A PUBLIC SPECTACLE OF
THEM, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM BY THE CROSS. (COL 2:13-15). JESUS IS THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE LIVING
ONE. THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY
BROTHERS. AND BEHOLD HE IS ALIVE FOREVERMORE
AND JESUS HAS THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HADES.
I OVERCOME THE DEVIL BY THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB AND THE WORD OF MY
COVENANT (TESTIMONY) (REV 12:11). THE
WEAPONS I FIGHT WITH .. HAVE DIVINE POWER TO DEMOLISH STRONGHOLDS (2 COR
10:5).
(GOD SPEAKING TO ABRAHAM SAID): YOU ARE TO UNDERGO
CIRCUMCISION, AND IT WILL BE THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN ME AND
YOU. (GEN 17:11). CIRCUMCISION IS
CIRCUMCISION OF THE HEART, BY THE SPIRIT,
(ROM 2:29). SUCH A MAN’S
PRAISE IS NOT FROM MEN, BUT FROM GOD.
GOD HAS PUT HIS LAWS IN MY HEART, AND WRITTEN THEM ON MY MIND (HEB
10:16). I AM A LETTER FROM CHRIST…WRITTEN NOT WITH INK BUT WITH
THE SPIRIT OF THE LIVING GOD, NOT ON TABLETS OF STONE BUT ON THE TABLET OF MY
HEART (2 COR 3:3). I AM THE
CIRCUMCISION, WHO WORSHIPS BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, WHO GLORIES IN CHRIST JESUS,
AND WHO PUTS NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH. (PHIL 3:3). I HAVE UNDERGONE
CIRCUMCISION, AND IT IS THE SIGN OF THE COVENANT BETWEEN GOD AND ME. I AM IN BLOOD COVENANT WITH GOD. (2 COR
11:24-25).
LORD, I STAND ON BLOOD COVENANT BETWEEN YOU AND ME. I COME THROUGH THE
BLOOD OF JESUS SHED FOR ME. AS IT IS
WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK OF THE COVENANT. (2 KINGS 23:21), I STAND BLOOD-WASHED BEFORE YOU LORD (HEB
10:23). I ANOINT MY FOREHEAD WITH
OIL. A SEAL
HOLY TO THE LORD –
CONSECRATED AS A PRIEST TO SERVE MY GOD (EX 29:1, 6-7). YOUR NAME IS WRITTEN ON MY FOREHEAD. FOR I BELONG TO YOU (REV 22:4). I AM THE ANOINTED
OF GOD. YOU SAID, ‘DO NOT TOUCH MY ANOINTED ONES’ (PS 105:15). I AM SET APART TO GOD.
LORD JESUS, ON THE NIGHT YOU WERE BETRAYED, YOU TOOK BREAD, (I TAKE THE
BREAD), AND WHEN YOU HAD GIVEN THANKS,
(I LIFT IT UP TO YOU AND I GIVE YOU THANKS, LORD), YOU BROKE IT, AND
SAID, ‘THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH IS FOR YOU; DO THIS
IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.’ (1 COR
11:23-24). I DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF
YOU AND YOUR COVENANT WORD, FOR WE ARE IN COVENANT LORD.
IN THE SAME WAY (WHEN YOU HAD GIVEN THANKS) AFTER SUPPER YOU TOOK THE
CUP, (I TAKE THE CUP) AND WHEN YOU HAD GIVEN THANKS, (I LIFT IT UP TO YOU AND I
GIVE YOU THANKS, LORD), YOU SAID, ‘THIS CUP IS THE NEW
COVENANT IN MY BLOOD; DO THIS, WHENEVER YOU DRINK IT, IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME.’ I DO THIS IN
REMEMBRANCE OF YOU AND OUR BLOOD COVENANT,
ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH IS GIVEN TO JESUS. THEREFORE I GO IN HIS NAME AS HE HAS
COMMANDED ME. FOR THIS REASON I KNEEL
BEFORE THE FATHER, FROM WHOM THE WHOLE FAMILY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH DERIVES
ITS NAME. (EPH 3:15). I WILL WALK IN THE NAME OF MY GOD FOREVER. JESUS, YOUR NAME IS AS OINTMENT POURED
FORTH. I POUR FORTH THE NAME OF JESUS,
JESUS, JESUS (SS 1:3). THE NAME ABOVE
EVERY NAME, THAT AT HIS NAME EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AND
UNDER THE EARTH, AND EVERY TONGUE CONFESS THAT JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, TO THE
GLORY OF GOD THE FATHER (PHIL 2:9-10).
ABBA FATHER, I STAND ON BLOOD COVENANT BETWEEN YOU AND ME, IN THE NAME
OF JESUS CHRIST OUR MEDIATOR. AS IT IS WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK OF THE COVENANT. (2 KINGS
23:21), THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES APPLY….
I SPEAK JOHN 15:7 (IF I REMAIN IN
YOU AND YOUR WORDS REMAIN IN ME, I ASK WHATEVER I WISH, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN
ME) AND ISA 55:11-13 (SO IS YOUR WORD THAT GOES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH: IT WILL NOT RETURN TO YOU EMPTY, BUT WILL
ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU DESIRE AND ACHIEVE THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH YOU SENT IT. I WILL GO OUT IN JOY AND BE LED FORTH IN
PEACE; THE MOUNTAINS AND HILLS WILL BURST INTO SONG BEFORE ME, AND ALL THE
TRESS OF THE FIELDS WILL CLAP THEIR HANDS.
INSTEAD OF THE THORN BUSH WILL GROW THE PINE TREE, AND INSTEAD OF THE
BRIARS THE MYRTLE WILL GROW. THIS WILL
BE FOR THE LORD‘S RENOWN, FOR AN EVERLASTING SIGN, WHICH WILL NOT BE
DESTROYED). I TAKE COVENANT COMMUNION (1
COR 11:23-26; ISA 53). NOT ONE OF ALL
YOUR GOOD PROMISES TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL FAILED; EVERY ONE WAS FULFILLED
(JOSHUA 21:45). THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I
WILL NOT BE AFRAID, WHAT CAN MAN DO TO ME? (HEB 13:6). NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST ME WILL PROSPER AND
EVERY TONGUE THAT RISES UP AGAINST ME IS CONDEMNED. THIS IS THE HERITAGE OF THE SERVANTS OF THE
LORD, AND THIS IS YOUR VINDICATION FROM ME,’ DECLARES THE LORD (ISA
54:17). YOU LORD, HAVE THE POWER TO HELP
OR OVERTHROW (2 CHRON 25:8). WHEN I AM WEAK YOU ARE STRONG (2 COR
12:10, EPH 6:10, 2 COR 13:2-4, 1 COR 2:25, 2 TIM 2:1). YOUR POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN
WEAKNESS. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that
the power of Christ may rest upon me. (2 COR 12:9). YOU HAVE PUT YOUR SPIRIT UPON ME AND YOUR
WORDS IN MY MOUTH (ISAIAH 59:21). I WILL
NOT WORRY ABOUT HOW I WILL DEFEND MYSELF OR WHAT I WILL SAY, FOR THE HOLY
SPIRIT WILL TEACH ME AT THAT TIME WHAT I SHOULD SAY. (LUKE 12:11) GIVE ME WORDS
AND WISDOM THAT NONE OF MY ADVERSARIES CAN RESIST OR CONTRADICT (LUKE
21:15), IF MY PURPOSE OR ACTIVITY IS
FROM GOD, NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO STOP ME.
THEY WILL ONLY FIND THEMSELVES FIGHTING AGAINST GOD (ACTS 5:38-39). IN PERFECT FAITHFULNESS DO MARVELOUS THINGS
(ISA 25:1; PS 57:10). THY WILL BE DONE,
THY KINGDOM COME, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (MATT 6:10).
