Global Worship Conference 2010 Jonathan David The breath of the Holy Spirit energizes the church. The breath of the Holy Spirit is the life of the church and worship is the avenue of that life. Worship is not preference or traditional but it is around the throne. Worship leaders and musicians are the most important people in the church. It is not because of pride but it is a position to bring the presence of God in. We need to be positioned well so that we know how to touch and draw Him. We need worshipers in the house not just talented people and good voices. God is looking for true worshipers that will worship Him in Spirit and in Truth. When holiness becomes beautiful to you then worship becomes meaningful. It says to worship Him in the beauty of His holiness (Ps. 29:1-‐2). You cannot be a true worshiper if you cannot serve people. If you cannot serve man and those above you, you cannot be a true worshiper. We need to be like Him and not just spiritually better.
Session 1-‐16th August.
Worship Encounter That Will Bring Transformation
1. Our priority of focus Is to see him
Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high
and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.2 Above it stood seraphim;
each one had six wings: with two he covered his face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the
LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!" 4 And the posts of the door
were shaken by the voice of him who cried out, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 So I said: "Woe is me, for I am undone! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, The LORD
of hosts." 6 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which
he had taken with the tongs from the altar.7 And he touched my mouth with it, and
said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged." 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: "Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I! Send me."
We want an encounter that will transform us. God has to remove veils over our lives so that we can see into Him and who He really is. We will see Him as the way He is and we become a son. God’s desire is for us to see Him as who He is. Everything that is blocking the view must be completely removed. Uzziah was a great king and friend of Isaiah and one day he desired to burn incense to God even though he desired it. It was not an evil thought but because he was not a priest, he was not
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allowed to do so. Isaiah had Uzziah and the people had clouded him from seeing Him. Revelation must come to us so that we can see Him as who He is. Jesus talks to the disciples on the Emmaues road but they did not recognize Him. Worship is not for us to feel but we must worship Him until we can see.
Revelation 1:2-171 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His
servants--things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His
angel to His servant John, Re 1:2 who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw. 12 Then I turned to see the voice
that spoke with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands,13 and in the
midst of the seven lamp stand’s One like the Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and girded about the chest with a golden band. 17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, "Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last. (NKJV)
We need the revelation of Christ and when we see Him the self will die. When we worship Him we need to have a full revelation of Him. All hindrances of our seeing of him must be removed.
Matthew 16:13-17 When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, "Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?"14 So they said,
"Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."15 He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"16 Simon Peter
answered and said, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."17 Jesus answered
and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
Worship is done to see Him. We need to change the focus from the platform to the throne. Worship is beyond music and beyond us. It is beyond smoke machines and all the replica of the altar of God. The non Christians make a lot of money from the church. The most expensive department in the church is the worship equipments and the sound system. We cannot replace God with technology but to enhance it. If worship does not bring the revelation of who God is to the people, we have failed. Our purpose is to move away from the Uzziah and reveal God. If we are the Uzziah who blocked God than leprosy will come upon us and we will not be able to come into that position of seeing Him and knowing Him. We cannot do anything to take the eyes of the people away from Him to self. When God is replaced, harlotry comes into the house. They were worshiping but it was the golden calf. We do not have to do things to mesmerize the people but we need to do things to open eyes to see God. The days of Uzziah must be gone. The words of the songs we use bring forth Christ.
Revelation 1:12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me….. We need to see in the voice. David was skillful that when he plays evil spirits will leave. You will be surprise that the people will call you to be in the centre stage of what they are doing.
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Ezekiel 28:12-13 "Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to
him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was
your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created.
Lucifer was created as the reflection of God’s light just like the disco light. He felt that he was beautiful but it was the light of God and the wind of God was blowing on him so that the sound of timbrels and pipes was brought forth.
Ezekiel 28:16 "By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones.
His function was to reflect God in the abundance of the function and his heart went wrong. Worship leaders are that way too in the abundance of their trade we allow pride to come in.
Isaiah 14:12-14 "How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How
you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart: 'I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I
will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.'
Lucifer was not happy to be on the earth but he wanted to be higher in the government of heaven. God created Lucifer but he recreated himself to be the devil. Worship without revealing Christ is worship whom we do not know.
2. The Prophetic Dimensions Inspire Worship.
Isaiah 6:2-3 Above it stood seraphim; each one had six wings: with two he covered his
face, with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.3 And one cried to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!"
The angels was speaking to one another what they saw which inspired worship and they cried, “Holy’ holy’ holy.” The prophetic dimension is essential. There must be people in the worship team that must be prophetic to inspire the people into worship. The worship team must work hand in hand with the prophetic energy, the earth will be affective. People must be train to be prophetic in the worship team. Sometimes our prophetic dimension is so weak that nothing inspires the people after the service. Aspects of God cannot be revealed if we are worshiping from afar. Isaiah only saw God high and lifted up but the angels see differently. They saw Him at the throne that when they declared what they saw, Isaiah was so impacted. Talents alone cannot bring worship in but if we carry
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the prophetic dimension and sing a simple song, spirits will be touch. We are not interested in inspirational singing but prophetic inspiration to worship so that we can feel spirit energy.
Session 2-‐16th August.
1Saiah 3:1 Then the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.
There is a way when we worship will cause visions to be frequent. Prophetic inspiration will never be lacking. Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them."
Revelation 19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "See that you
do not do that! I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren who have the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy."
Those who hold the testimony of Jesus will worship God. Worshipping God is also link up with the Spirit of prophecy. True worshiper will have the ability to flow in the prophetic. Philippians’ 3:2-3 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the mutilation!
3 For we are the circumcision, who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh,
Worshipers exalt God and hide the flesh. God is projected and not our personality, skills, talents and all our frills and fancies.
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Philippian 3:4-7 though I also might have confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks
he may have confidence in the flesh, I more so::5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;6 concerning zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the
righteousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ.
Those who worship in the Spirit will see with the prophetic. The God that you see, you proclaim and it will open to the spirit world. Musicians must be able to play any song without practices so that we can work with the Spirit to be prophetic. We cannot be structured just because we have not practice the song that the Spirit wants to bring in.
Ezekiel 37:11-38 Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel. They indeed say, 'Our bones are dry, our hope is lost, and we ourselves are
cut off!' 12 "Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, O My people, I will open your graves and cause you to come up from your
graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 "Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O My people, and brought you up from your graves.
Eze 37:14 "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own
land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it," says
the LORD.'" 15 Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 16 "As for you, son of man, take a stick for yourself and write on it: 'For Judah and for the children of
Israel, his companions.' Then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the
stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel, his companions.' 17 "Then join them one to another for yourself into one stick, and they will become one in your hand. 18 "And when the children of your people speak to you, saying, 'Will you not show us
what you mean by these?' -19 "say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will
take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will join them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one
stick, and they will be one in My hand."'20 "And the sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. 21 "Then say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have
gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 "and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be
divided into two kingdoms again.23 "They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I
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will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will
cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. 24 "David My
servant shall be king over them, and they shall all have one shepherd; they shall also walk in My judgments and observe My statutes, and do them. 25 "Then they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob My servant, where your fathers dwelt; and
they shall dwell there, they, their children, and their children's children, forever; and My servant David shall be their prince forever. 26 "Moreover I will make a covenant of
peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and multiply them, and I will set My sanctuary in their midst forevermore. 27 "My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My
people. 28 "The nations also will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore."'" You can put hopelessness away and everybody can come together. We can bring the whole worship into the government on them and put shepherds just by the prophetic flow. The prophetic turns the valley of dry bones that are scattered to bring together as a sanctuary of God. Give power to prevail through the prophetic. Do not use your personality or character but you need to use the prophetic dimension and the gifts of the Holy Spirit to lead. If we present worship for the revealing of the Christ, the Spirit of prophecy will be present. When Spirit of prophecy is release, Christ will be made manifest.
3. Worship Must Bring A Desire For Transformation.
It is no use worshipping God and feel superior but we need to feel we the need to for transformation. Isaiah’s interpretation was not with the people or in his achievements but it was a desire to be change. We need to enter the Holy of holies and feel the need to be transformed. We need to realize that we are undone and need God to measure up for us. There need to be a cry for personal transformation. Those who touch the spirit world will always want more. They are not happy with where they are but they want to press in for more, We do not measure what we have done but we measure by what we become. Our satisfaction is touching God in His presence. There must be an intense cry for transformation. Many still have self in them although they say to God, “I love you.” You do not say thank you for the things you are meant to do. Luke 17:7-10 "And which of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down to eat'? :8 "But will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for my supper, and gird yourself and serve me till I have eaten and drunk, and afterward you will eat and drink'? 9 "Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not. 10 "So likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.'"
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Do not look to be appreciated and thank when we do what we are suppose to do. We need to have an unquenchable thirst for change to take place. 2Corinthians 3:17-18 Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. 8 But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. God who is a Spirit and when we allow Him to manifest He will take government. We are not confined to make everybody happy but when the Spirit is make Lord then there is tremendous liberty. Be free to be led by Him. Allow Him to move with liberty in our lives. Inside the mirror is who will be and outside the mirror is who you are. When you look into the mirror you are looking for imperfection so that you can adjust to it but the mirror of God is different because we will see perfection. We see who can become so that we can adjust our lives to become who the mirror shows us. The desire to be transformed is when we see Him in the time of worship. When you worship Him the life hidden in Christ will be reveal to you. It will take eternity for you to know who God when God reveals himself to you, you can never be transformed. As we discover who He is we will find who we are. When that begins to happen then the mixture of our image and position will be changed. In the outer courts the sun is the light, in the holy place the light is from the candle stick. Our high calling is to come and see Him in all His glory so that we can be conformed to the image of His Son. Just as you can see yourself in this mirror you will see a new nation. What we are by the grace of God is different from what we are in Christ. What you see in the glory of God is incomplete but who you are in Him is complete,
Session 3-16th August
Ephesians 2:4-7 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
God has shown us that formerly we were in darkness but now we are in His light but in the ages to come something will happen.
Ephesians 2:8-10 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of
yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we
are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.
He worked to bring us into it. He is developing and forming us in Christ. We need to discover the life of Christ in us so that the life I have hidden in Him will be made manifest. There nature of Christ must be develop and we must be connected to that Christ that is above and through worship we will see Him and when Christ is manifest then you will be made manifest. Our
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completeness is not in this world but in Christ. This Christ that is in us is the nature and the word of God inside. This nature can only be developed in the place where He is. The Christ in us is not the physical Jesus but His Spirit, His nature is living in us. There is no longer an earthly pattern for us to pattern after on the earth but we need to look for the pattern in the heavens to build. We need to build it according the church of the first born. We need to bring it from heaven. The ability to bring the pattern down is by the people we have that provide the worship so that heaven bring to earth. Technically we know that the Holy Spirit lives in us but we need to know that we are being adjusted in the spirit world. The body is built as scaffolding for the Christ. So when the scaffolding is removed, He manifested in full measure. When this body is done now we can carry the nature of Christ. Whatever we can, do it. Let heaven be built into us. How much can we bring God down to this earth. Whatever God wants you to bring down to us, we have to bring it down into ourselves. If we cannot finish our course here we have to finish it there. We have to keep this body strong so that everything we need to bring down will be brought down through worship. Do not just think worship in terms of music and songs but there is more to it than just for him. The high calling is to be able to carry Him in our lives. God uses the fivefold to equip us to contain Him. Jesus spend thirty years to carry all that was needed for three years of ministry. The mirror is for us to see imperfection so that we correct it. We are changing to be like Him from glory to glory. We are still on the outside but we are changed on the inside. Our life is hid in Christ and when He is reveal, we are revealed with Him. Just stay in your place until God bring you to the place of who you are to become. It is not what you think that will put you on the upscale. If God wants you to be an usher for life, then be an usher for life. We cannot be always complaining and be transformed to be Christ like. It is not about ministry but it is how much of Christ is in us. Adventure is to be able to bring God into our lives and search for Him. It is about having the word in our lives until we are searching and opening it up. Capture more of Him in your worship. Every time you get excited heaven gets excited.
4. The Impartation of the Spirit and the provision of heaven Is given to us whilst we lock on to him In worship. Wherever and whenever worship takes place impartation takes place.
Isaiah 6:6-7 Then one of the seraphim flew to me, having in his hand a live coal which he had taken with the tongs from the altar. 7 And he touched my mouth with it, and said: "Behold, this has touched your lips; Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin purged."
When you stand in the presence of God you can see and hear the angels. Isaiah was a prophet and he could not make things happen. He had no power in strength to make it happen but when God come through and manifest Isaiah was losing the power in his church. He kept prophesying and nothing happened until God cleanses his lips. Even when they are not listening you just need to keep saying. Keep speaking until they resonate to it. Isaiah was conditioned by what he saw but God began to speak to him and change
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him. God challenged Isaiah to keep speaking even though people are not responding at all until something happens. We can only be responsible to bring heaven down so that God will meet the people to change them. We cannot be responsible for everything. We are not responsible to change anybody. We are responsible to just keep speaking and worshipping until the people begin to respond. God is depositing things as Daniel begin to pray, the Lord already answered. When we are in the platform of prayer we find things coming our way. We are to open up the heavens so that the people can have something deposited into them.
Session 4 & 5-‐16th August
5. In Worship We Must Discover The Strategy To Build In The Spirit. We are so concern about singing the songs; if the guy is not good in singing, he will be praying a lot. We have to build into the atmosphere until it rains on the people.
Isaiah 6:9-13 And He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.' 10 "Make the heart of this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed."11
Then I said, "Lord, how long?" And He answered: "Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, The land is utterly desolate, 12 The LORD has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. 13 But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming,
As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump."
God is going to change the environment to displace the people so that they cannot trust anything. We just need to be responsible to just keep speaking the words and God will dismantle everything. There you use the prophetic God will cause things to fail so that you will not have confidence in the flesh. God wants us to put our confidence in Him. The one preaching the word must not compromise. Sometimes God wants to do something in lives but we are not doing right. What we have been spoken will come up for God to build. You must come from the presence of God to represent Him who sits on the throne. • You must be led to lead. You have an authority behind you. You need to reveal that you have come from the presence of God. There needs to have a confirmation of God’s presence. You need to stand with a stature with the accurate representation of God. You cannot be a builder unless you know what it means to be in the presence of God. You do not just prepare because you are leading on the Sunday but you are not worshiper. • You need to keep thinking, singing, preparing prophetically so that you are ready in season and out of season. You must carry a stature so that you are a worshipper through
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and through. You are not just a song leader but you need to be a builder. A builder can do anything despite of the people. a.
You got to know that you are sent.
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You must be saturated with the presence of God.
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You be sure that his authority is fully behind you.
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You must be sure of his direction and know which way to go
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You are sure of your assignment.
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You must be sure of whom you represent.
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You must be sure of the word that you need to bring or carry.
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You must have the grace to overcome everything that hinders you.
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You must carry God’s word in your mouth. You must have a real handle of God’s word in your mouth like river flowing. That is the materiel to create the environment.
Isaiah 51:16 And I have put My words in your mouth; I have covered you with the shadow of My hand, That I may plant the heavens, Lay the foundations of the earth, And say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" •
The word in your mouth is to bring order. It is to establish the heavens. When there is no worship there is no rain. When the word of God goes forth it will redesign the atmosphere.
Isaiah 55:11-13 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. 12 "For you shall go out with joy, And be led out with peace; The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you, And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; And it shall be to the LORD for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." •
Nothing can prevent it because you carry God’s word in your mouth. The word in your mouth must not be compromised. The word in your mouth must not appeal to the human intellect. Peter just proclaim the revelation without appealing to the intellect of men it went straight to the heart.
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Teaching comes later but the prophetic needs to cut through. Do not worry about the mind understanding it because the mind is the second class citizen. The devil will always
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catch you in the mind but in the Spirit you have access. When you have access the mind will yield. You need to have word content and study to understand from every angle.
Luke 24:27 Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! 26 "Ought not the Christ to have suffered these
things and to enter into His glory?" 27 And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.
Luke 24:45-48 And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures. 46 Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was
necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day, 47 "and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48 "And you are witnesses of these things.
(Session 5) Developing word content: i. God must open up our minds so that we will not end up in a rut. • Our mind must not be set in a certain way. Be open to anything to happen. ii. You must have the power to believe immediately. • Do not be like Balaam. Do not be slow to believe. Our heart must be soft to respond. You cannot carry word content if the heart is not soft. Your heart needs to be conditioned to believe. The moment you hear you will know His voice. Today when you hear His voice do not harden your heart. • You must worship him until you see him and his presence fills you. You must learn to understand the scriptures.
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You have clarity, accuracy, understanding, insight, inspiration, foresight and vocabulary. You know the context, broader, you see the meaning of it, and there is a bouncy in your heart so that you can see beforehand. With the understanding you can open up a whole new world. Because you have foresight you can now explain it to someone else what you see.
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You must read the word with your heart and not just read it with your mind.
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Listen with your heart and not with your mind. Your mind cannot decipher it. Give it emotions. Give it a feel. Do not read the Bible with the mind. Read until you hear His voice. Wisdom is to understand with the heart but knowledge is to understand with the mind.
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With the mind you can only see it as history but when you see with the heart the word comes alive. Feel it with the heart.
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v. You must continue with what you already know. Joshua 8:31-32 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.32 "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." •
It is in the continuing in the word that truth is revealed. When the word is going out we need to listen to it, continue in it until they are disciple by the word so that the word can set you free.
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It must set you aright so that you are set free. You have to work through the process of the word.
Joshua 8:37 "I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. Joshua 8:40 "But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. 31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, "If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. •
Your job is to obey the word and work alongside with it so that the word can set you free.
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You must receive progressive revelation of what God has spoken to you.
Acts 2:40-42 And with many other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation." 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them. 42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. • vii.
There will always be fresh instruction on the same subject so that you will have good word content. Word content is to develop a whole chain of dictionary for that subject. You must realize that the word of God is materiel for construction because without the word you cannot build.
Hebrews 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
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Without word content you cannot be a builder in the Spirit.
c. You must choose songs to amplify the message you receive.
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You must know how certain songs can amplify the message you carry. You need to know every song and need to have a compilation of the songs so that you know the well.
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The danger is that we can be so technical that we block the message from being amplified.
(Session 5)
Luke 1:39-45 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste,
to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. 41
And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped
in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 "But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should
come to me? 44 "For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my
ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 "Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord."
Songs to choose: i. The song I need to choose must stir the spirit dimension within people. • The baby must leap in their womb. ii. The songs I’m going to sing must be full of the Spirit. • Develop this in the Spirit so that devils will flee from you. You need to aspire to be in leadership not by default. iii. You must choose songs that give others the vocabulary to connect with you. • When Mary greeted, Elizabeth began to respond. We need to sing in such a way that they will respond to the song so that they can enter into what we entered. iv. The song that we sing must inspire faith so that everything that is impossible will become possible. • Faith in what is spoken and faith in what He is doing. v. Sing songs that establish Kingdom features- joy, peace and righteousness.
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It will bring God’s government to the people. They can be still because He is God. This is amplified.
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Sing songs that are prophetic.
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It must paint a picture of the future. Prophetic dimensions must be there. It is always directional so that when they see it they can run. It must be songs that cause heaven to resonate.
Acts 16:25 But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so
that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed. •
You must be sensitive to the kind of songs that will cause heaven to resonate.
Session 6-‐17th August. The fear of God is the consciousness of God; it is reverence for Him.
1Timothy 3:14-15 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;
15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct
yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Exodus 36:1 "And Bezalel and Aholiab, and every gifted artisan in whom the
LORD has put wisdom and understanding, to know how to do all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, shall do according to all that the LORD has commanded."
Exodus 35:31-35 "and He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and
understanding, in knowledge and all manner of workmanship, 32 "to design artistic works, to work in gold and silver and bronze,33 "in cutting jewels for setting, in carving wood, and to work in all manner of artistic workmanship.34 "And He has
put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.35 "He has filled them with skill to do all manner of work of the
engraver and the designer and the tapestry maker, in blue, purple, and scarlet
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thread, and fine linen, and of the weaver-those who do every work and those who design artistic works.
The know how is very important. We need to have the ability to shape and make people’s life.
Isaiah 6:9-13 And He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on hearing, but do not understand; Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.'10 "Make the heart of this
people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And return and be healed."11 Then I said, "Lord, how long?" And He answered: "Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, The land is
utterly desolate,12 The LORD has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.13 But yet a tenth will be in it, And will return and be for consuming, As a terebinth tree or as an oak, Whose stump remains when it is cut down. So the holy seed shall be its stump."
d. We must discern what God is doing in the Spirit and work alongside with it. Isaiah 6:11 Then I said, "Lord, how long?" And He answered: "Until the cities are laid waste and without inhabitant, The houses are without a man, The land is utterly desolate, •
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From the time you obey and the time of the result, God is doing something. He not only working in the spirit dimension but now it becomes physical. When you see the physical things you will know that the invisible has become visible. Results have already come. You just need to build and build although you may not see it yet. We build in the Spirit until we see it manifesting in the natural. Keep speaking until the land is desolate. Sometimes it takes two songs and sometime you just need to keep building in the Spirit. You have your part to play and He has His part to play. When our obedience is complete then things happen.
How to discern and work with God:i.
God’s original assignment must be clear to us so that you do not mix up what is yours and what is His.
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We do not have to look for the results but we need to keep doing it until we see the results. If He wants us to lay hands on the sick we need to keep doing it until healing breaks out.
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Keep doing it until our obedience is complete. We need to know that God is and we have to keep seeking Him until the rewards come.
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We need to keep to our assignment and keep speaking without getting weary until God works. When God have to depend on men to do it, it is difficult. When God can do things as God it is easier.
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Ambition and impatience will kill people. This ambition and power fame will kill the man. These are things that drives people. They do not discern it as the flesh because they are doing it for self glorification.
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Just do what God tells you because when we step out of line with God then the growth can be from the flesh which will content with what is of the Spirit.
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The secret of our power is when we let go of our own ambition and let God. When Abraham was willing to let go of Isaac he became a worshipper. Abraham journeyed in obedience for worship. Isaac’s assignment was just obedience in lying to the altar.
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How many can we yield to our pastors and leaders to be laid on the altar? That is worship. Isaac was a son to Abraham to come to the place of being laid on the altar. We need to empty ourselves for another. That is worship. We worship God and serve men whom God has placed above us. Be obedient to your primary assignment!
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Obedience is life. All blessings will be accelerated through obedience. You must see in the Spirit what God is doing in the invisible.
Luke 5:15-20 However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and
great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.16
So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law
sitting by, who had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.18 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.15 However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes
came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.16 So He Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed. 17 Now it happened on a certain day, as He was teaching, that there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who
had come out of every town of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was present to heal them.18 Then behold, men brought on a bed a man who was
paralyzed, whom they sought to bring in and lay before Him.19 And when they could
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not find how they might bring him in, because of the crowd, they went up on the housetop and let him down with his bed through the tiling into the midst before Jesus.20 When He saw their faith, He said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."
How to know what God is doing in the atmosphere:
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Sense it in our own Spirit what God is doing in the atmosphere.
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Sometimes you can hear audible words.
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We sometimes can see what God is doing in a vision.
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You receive a prophetic word of what is about to happen.
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You can know what God is going to do because the prophetic will show you what to do.
1Saiah 9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear the day before Saul came, saying, 16 "Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that
he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to me." •
God sometimes tell us in advance. Find out from God the template of what He is about to do.
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God will give us special grace and equipping and instruct us to do certain things. To show us what He is about to do. The power of God was present in that place to heal. When He tells us what to do we will be able to do it.
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A team is the ability to draw from the whole team to participate. The backup should not just be backing up but to lead together. If they have a prophecy they should prophecy.
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You must discern the negatives that are there that have come to resist what God is doing.
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You should not attack what that is there because it will cause them to become stronger. Instead of fighting the negatives, see what can happen and turn it around for God to work. Starve the negatives and let God arise. Inspire the God move in the house and make provision available.
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Always be open with the spirit of expectancy in your heart because it is faith that pleases God.
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Anything can happen. Spirit of expectancy sets you up to become a good working partner.
August Session 7-17th.
The whole worship team must have the attitude of a leader and not just accompaniment providing the skills but we are expected to be as a team leading. We are part of a leading team and we cannot be passive. We must be having the spirit of worship. We are just lending our talents but providing strength in tenacity of a leader. We must have the ability to impart the Spirit of expectancy in the hearts of men. We cannot keep performing but we need to inspire so that the people can participate instead of just being spectators. Spirit of expectancy will inspire participation. There must be faith in your face. The crowd movement was creating impact that was drawing the crowd and it was putting demand on Jesus. The worship will become better when the people puts demand on the worship team. Jesus had to draw away to pray. When the expectancy was high Jesus had to slip away to pray to get more resources to deliver. The worship team is always a team of leaders even when they are sitting among the congregation, in the cell group and in every way. When we inspire faith people will break their own limitation When you inspire faith you give them a better picture of a greater future. When you inspire faith people will rise to their full potential. When you inspire faith you create a people movement. Faith will inspire the release the provision from heaven. Heaven is releasing things-‐ healing, motivated and freedom in the hearts of the people. I. Faith will inspire tenacity for challenge. You cannot challenge the people without inspiring faith first.
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Hebrews 11:33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,34
quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Those who desire to give will not lack. When demand is made demands will be met. II.
Faith will inspire us to prevail in the environment not only in the environment but the future in our lifestyle. Faith needs to be a pattern. What we teach and instruct must become a pattern. God brought the people to the house so that you need to take charge to change them.
Matthew 24:43 "But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not
allowed his house to be broken into.44 "Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. 45 "Who
then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 "Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47 "Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.
You are in charge of the house to give food at the proper time. God has placed all things under your subjection in the house. If you are not able to represent Him over the house how are we going to take charge of the nation. The time of feeding is to resource them for a task.
How to create an atmosphere of faith:-‐ i.
Learn to speak with a high level of inspiration. •
Act, talk, and look inspired. When you lose your inspiration you expired. Prophetically you have to speak at a high level so that people can get excited.
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Do not speak in a natural way but with excitement. Have a zest for life and be excited when you speak. Do not be monotonous. You need to have a real good flow to be able to do this. Your river needs to be teeming with life. The last Adam is a life giving Spirit. We created in that order.
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Joshua 6:63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
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We need to speak the right words to carry the right spirit.
Session 8 & 9-‐17th August. Seeking the Lord is different from waiting on the Lord. Seeking is because you do not know where you are going but to wait means you know but you wait for the time. ii. You have got to contain the Spirit of God within your own heart.
Jeremiah 2:13 "For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns-broken cisterns that can hold no water. •
The first evil is we have forsaken Him. They did not want to drink from Him but rather drink from contaminated sources.
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The second is they cannot contain what God gave to them. They draw water from God but they spilled it everywhere.
To develop and retain what God is giving: I. We need to understand the word of the kingdom. Your heart must not be hardened because of internal conflicts and rebellion. Do not be hardened in the day of rebellion in the days of embitterment.
Nehemiah 6:12 Then I perceived that God had not sent him at all, but that he pronounced this prophecy against me because Tobiah and
Sanballat had hired him. 13 For this reason he was hired, that I should
be afraid and act that way and sin, so that they might have cause for an evil report, that they might reproach me. We need to be careful because people will try to set you up with their provocation. The same spirit of Pharaoh was in Israel even though they left Egypt. We need to cut that spirit off when they cross over to this side. We need to be free from the spirit of the past must not hold us if we are to contain what God is showing us. When we are bound we cannot carry new water.
Jeremiah 2:21-22 Yet I had planted you a noble vine, a seed of highest
quality. How then have you turned before Me Into the degenerate plant of an alien vine? 22 For though you wash yourself with lye, and use
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much soap, Yet your iniquity is marked before Me," says the Lord GOD.
Here we see contaminated seed. God planted a seed of highest quality but now God cannot even recognized it. There must be complete metamorphosis to contain the word of the kingdom. II.
We are not contaminated at all. We got to clean it out from our lives. Contamination is so toxin. You cannot face the joy until you face the cross and endure it. You cannot suffer with negative emotions. How can we shout for joy with so much of negative emotions?
Isaiah 54:1-7 "Sing, O barren, You who have not borne! Break forth into
singing, and cry aloud, You who have not labored with child! For more
are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman," says the LORD.2 "Enlarge the place of your tent, And let
them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; Do not spare; Lengthen your cords, And strengthen your stakes. 3 For you shall
expand to the right and to the left, And your descendants will inherit the nations, And make the desolate cities inhabited.4 "Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to
shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth, And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. 5 For your Maker
is your husband, The LORD of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel; He is called the God of the whole earth. 6 For
the LORD has called you Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, Like a youthful wife when you were refused," Says your God. 7 "For a mere moment I have forsaken you, But with great mercies I will gather you. ) It not counseling sessions that is going to help you but it your Husband who will bring healing. With all these negative emotions how can we set others free? The conditions of your heart will cause you to choose certain songs. It does not matter if you are hurt because it is not about the soul it is about the Spirit. (Luke 24:13-‐35) Do not ever take a journey with a confuse mind because you will go out of your assignment. The day He stays with us our heart will change and turn us around to our assignment. The condition of the heart is why we are travelling out. We have to drink water without contention.
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Daniel 11:32-35 "Those who do wickedly against the covenant he shall
corrupt with flattery; but the people who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great exploits.33 "And those of the people who
understand shall instruct many; yet for many days they shall fall by
sword and flame, by captivity and plundering. 34 "Now when they fall, they shall be aided with a little help; but many shall join with them by
intrigue.35 "And some of those of understanding shall fall, to refine
them, purify them, and make them white, until the time of the end; because it is still for the appointed time.
Daniel 12:3-4 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever. 4 "But you, Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book until the time of the end; many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." Daniel 12:10 "Many shall be purified, made white, and refined, but the
wicked shall do wickedly; and none of the wicked shall understand, but the wise shall understand.
James 3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without
partiality and without hypocrisy.18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. When we have people who wise we are safe. This wisdom has no self agenda. Its agenda is to bring God into the scene. Those who operate in the wisdom of God are not arrogant but they are peaceable but those who operate through knowledge they can be puffed up; they can exertive. Those who has no wisdom have to ask from God who will give generously. III.
Your spirit must operate in the same frequency of heaven. Your frequency must be so tuned to heaven so that when heaven sends anything you will receive it. God will send prophetic men to tune our frequency. Our time clock has change. Wherever we are the same Holy Spirit will tune us to the same frequency. We will receive the same things when we are of the same frequency.
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Receive the Spirit of truth and destroy false teachings and deception. False teachings and deceptions will blind your eyes. Truth will cause all these to break down.
Joshua 16:8 "And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: Joshua 16:13 "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
The truth can only set us free when we continue in the word. We need to be a disciple of the word and when we keep doing it the truth of the word will come into to us destroying error.
Psalms 119:130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.
Psalm 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. The light in heaven does not bend. It exposes everything. It passes through everything. We need to embrace the Spirit of truth because when He comes everything will come. When the Holy Spirit comes He brings the deposits of heaven. V.
We must have an honorable attitude toward our spiritual inheritance.
2Timothy 1:6 Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. 7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God,
Paul exalts Timothy to stand with him. Timothy was careless in his standard towards the things inside of him. Timothy was encouraged to pull up. We need to rekindle afresh those things within us and not be ashamed with our connection with God.
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2Timothy 1:13 Hold fast the pattern of sound words which you have heard from me, in faith and love which are in Christ
2Timothy 2:3-4 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier.
2Timothy3:14 But you must continue in the things which you have
learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them,
2Timothy 4:9 Be diligent to come to me quickly;
2Timothy 4:14-18 Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm. May
the Lord repay him according to his works.15 You also must beware of him, for he has greatly resisted our words.16 At my first defense no one stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against
them.17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the
message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles
might hear. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.18 And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and preserve me for His heavenly kingdom. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen! If we are careless we lose the deposit of heaven. We cannot stand on the platform empty. Esau had been careless with his birthright. There are so many things that has been placed inside of us and we got to stir it up; labor with it until it rises inside of us. We cannot be careless but we need to guard the treasure in us. We cannot cut the corners but we need to endure hardship. We need to be like a soldier. The deposit inside of us will safe us in the time of pressure.
Session 10-‐17th August. VI.
You must hear God’s voice for the present hour.
Mark 2:18 -22The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, "Why do the disciples of John and of
the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" 19 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom
is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they
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cannot fast.20 "But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. 21 "No one
sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse.22 "And no one
puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the
wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins." •
John’s disciples were part of the old move; the Pharisee’s disciples were part of the dead move and the disciples of Jesus are part of the new move.
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The dead move has been moved out and they have just the shell. The old move has been moved on. God started there but He is not stopping there. He has not rejected them but He has moved on and no longer there.
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You cannot be loyal to a methodology. Forget about the stirring of the pool because He is not set but has moved on. Because people do not want to move on they start their own set of teaching.
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God is open so we cannot be insistent on our ways. God is always moving on and we need to keep moving with Him. God is speaking and we must stay consistent with Him. Today when you hear His voice… We have to hear from Him what He wants.
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Obedience will always change your stature.
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We must guard our mind from becoming carnal.
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Because the carnal mind is hostile towards God and we cannot work with God.
Romans 8:5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, nor indeed can be.8 So then, those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
When you set your mind on the dimension of men than the enemy can hit you. Things you attain by the Spirit can be lost by the carnal mind. It won’t allow you to function in the Spirit.
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Matthew 16:23 But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan!
You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men."
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Peter who was a building block became a stumbling block because there was a shift in his mind. When your shift in your mind your relationship with another is cut off. The way you think of will your relationship be. Relationship is cut off in the mind and connection is done because it is connected in our mind. You must learn to have honor in your mind for the pastors and leaders because you need to connect to what they carry. An unhealthy mind can rob you. It must so fortified that the mind cannot be hit.
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We got to keep using it and multiply it.
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Use it and you will not lose it. The more you use it the more you will multiply it. Learn to share what you have learnt.
Mark 4:24-25 Then He said to them, "Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who
hear, more will be given.25 "For whoever has, to him more will be given; but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him." What you listen to will shape you and form you and it will become your nature. If you keep listening to the prophetic you will develop that prophetic nature. If you keep listening to gossip you become a gossiper. How you respond to what you are hearing will be the measure measured to you. If you hear God and open your heart freely, God will pour out freely to you and all of a sudden you seem to be able to understand while others do not understand. The measure will be measured back to you. Even in the temple of Eli, Hannah could still touch God. People who are truly seeking God, no matter where they are will find God. Even in the Hindu temple God can still reveal Himself to him who seek him. The measure you have received in your heart that will multiply. What is inside our hearts in this congress, God will add on to it.
Acts 2:40 -42 And with many other words he testified and exhorted
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saved
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perverse
generation."41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.42 And they continued steadfastly in the apostles'
doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Only those who receive the word are added but we try to add those who have not receive the word. We have so many people in our churches who do not believe what we believe.
Mark 2:2-4 Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And
He preached the word to them.3 Then they came to Him,
bringing a paralytic who was carried by four men. 4 And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they
uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.
The house is so full of people that people who are trying to connect could not connect because every place is taken. The rotten ones have filled the place so these ones could not get in.
Mark 2:6 And some of the scribes were sitting there and
reasoning in their hearts, 7 "Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"8 But
immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, "Why do you reason about these things in your hearts?
These sit in church and question what is being preached. So many reason against what God is saying in the church. They question what is shared in the church. We cannot compromise what we preach. In the world we can speak honestly but in the church we are so afraid to offend the people. In the world if they do not like the food in certain restaurant they will tell others. If you did not receive the present word the old word will become stale and you will be left behind. They collect the manna and the old manna becomes stale and they need to collect new manna. Everyday you need to have the new or else when you miss out even what you have will be taken away because you cannot move on because of missing links.
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Session 11-‐18th August. There is a battle taking place in the spirit realm to take us but we need to rise to contribute our part in the fight. We need to think like a battle front warrior. Never retreat when being led to battle. We must have battle mentality. We cannot withdraw because we are tired. We got to make for others. We need to carry strength for others. We need to know our assignment. Never withdraw yourself from the battle because other people’s lives are at stake. iii. You must produce clear testimonies of supernatural happenings.
Luke 5:15 However, the report went around concerning Him all the more; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by Him of their infirmities.
Mark 1:44 and said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go your way,
show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."45 However, he went out and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread the matter, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter the city, but was outside in deserted places; and they came to Him from every direction.
We need to be testifying to what the Lord has done. Even though this man had no name but he had an act. He became Jesus personal advertisement. Just one miracle in his life and he was totally sold out to testify. We need to use testimony to inspire faith in the people. The way we carry ourselves and the musical instruments and sound system set up to be set out immediately instead of just fiddling around. We must be all ready to respond.
Mark 5:28 For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well."
Mark 6:56 Wherever He entered into villages, cities, or in the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged Him that they might just touch the hem of His garment. And as many as touched Him were made well. Others follow suit to what she did. She touched His clothes and others followed.
If you are going to build in the Spirit you have to deal with 5 demonic strongholds in the atmosphere. I.
The spirit of intimidation. It is an act of harassment until the person’s wall of resistance is broken and he starts to be little and despises what he is and what he has.
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Some are intimidated by the face of people; the status of people-‐the rich; the responses of people-‐ wrong responses or not responding; the negative misbehavior of people. Do not attack it but take your place. Sometimes you have to take charge and bring discipline and you just have to know what to do. You need to know your stature before you take things in your hand. What others can do you may not be able to do because of stature. You need to carry a stature to overcome intimidation.
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The spirit of hindrance. Hindering you from what you need to do. It is to distract you from your assignment and side track you from being on course. Example:-‐ Demonic manifestation in the meeting. When we are concentrating we draw the connection point but when we are distracted we lose concentration to draw. We cannot allow ourselves to be use by the enemy to distract or hinder the man of God in the front from fulfilling the assignment. The closer we are we can short circuit the preacher or else if we tilt anything the whole thing can collapse. The closer we are the more dangerous it is. Especially between husband and wife, the support need to be full in its measure.
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The spirit of provocation. The spirit that creates an agitation within your spirit by causing you to be frustrated and angry. If you are not careful and this spirit hits you it can cause you to fall and stumble in front of the people and sometimes you may sound angry and hard. It provokes you to hit them. This is what you need to careful of and not fall for it.
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A critical spirit. This are people who major on the minor. Those who feel assigned to take away your joy. They cannot overlook the flaws. No matter how well you do, they will always be critical in certain things.
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The spirit of condemnation. Your conscience are pricked because of your past. You are not able to say what we need to say. You feel that you are always prick when you preach and before long you change to preach about other things which does not concern you or having a personal reference. This is where people struggle to speak about values because they do not have the authority in that particular subject because of self condemnation. But you need to model what you teach.
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Session 12-‐18th August.
How to handle the strongholds in the atmosphere.
1Kings 17:1-9 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As
the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word." Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying,3 "Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows
into the Jordan.4 "And it will be that you shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."5 So he went and did according to the
word of the LORD, for he went and stayed by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan.
:6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening; and he drank from the brook.7 And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.:8 Then the word of the LORD
came to him, saying,9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." I.
We must learn to live in and move from the Presence of God. He must be our strong tower and a rear guard. You cannot win battles until you learn this. Catherine Kurlman said that she will not move out until she knows that she is saturated with the Presence of God.
Mark 3:13 And He went up on the mountain and called to Him those He
Himself wanted. And they came to Him.14 Then He appointed twelve, that they might be with Him and that He might send them out to
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preach,15 and to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons:
Lu ke 6:12 Now it came to pass in those days that He went out to the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Before you do anything you need to be in the Presence of God. It is a place where you make decisions. God is not haphazard. He has an operational base.
Psalm 110:1 A Psalm of David.>> The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, Till I make Your enemies Your footstool." 2 The LORD shall
send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies!3 Your people shall be volunteers In the day of Your power; In
the beauties of holiness, from the womb of the morning, You have the dew of Your youth.:4 The LORD has sworn And will not relent, "You
are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek."5 The Lord
is at Your right hand; He shall execute kings in the day of His wrath.6 He shall judge among the nations, He shall fill the places with dead
bodies, He shall execute the heads of many countries.7 He shall drink of the brook by the wayside; Therefore He shall lift up the head. God has a tactical base from where He work from. Samson could no longer fight back because the Presence of God was no longer with Him. Do not go from the point of weakness but always go from the Presence of God. Do not pray at the point but go from His Presence. Do not be searching for God but the consciousness need to be there.
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The Omnipresence of God. The Manifested Presence of God. God is unveiling Himself more than He ever had before. The Awesome Presence of God. An aspect of God made known to us with an awaken consciousness of who He is. It arrests our presence.
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The Anointed Presence of God. It is an empowering presence of the Holy Spirit equipping you to do a task. The anointed person of the teacher is with us – you can teach; Prophetic presence-‐ you can operate prophetically…
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The Indwelling Presence of Christ. Christ is in you the hope of glory filling the earth. His indestructible life, His nature living in us. Our mind becomes the mind of Christ. Our nature becomes the nature of Christ. There is a river on the inside that when you speak the Holy Spirit will fall in that place. It is this dimension that will change atmosphere. When people are dull and not responding, you have to depend on this dimension to make things happen. You have to have a reservoir on the inside. People do not succeed because they do not understand this.
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The Heavenly Presence of Christ. This is another level of the Presence of God that we need to associate with. You are not to preach down but your eyes need to be fixed on that which is above and speak from that point. It is so important that you are connected to the spirit world so that as you receive you are able to give. We are not to connect to the people but we are to connect to heaven and that is the standard. We are not to choose our own level or else we will be attack if we stay on this earthly level.
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Ephesians 1:20 which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,21 far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every
name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to
come.22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
He has received every power and He is the head over the church. We are the body and His body will accomplish and receive everything through the body. He is far above all and He is our head and so the body will receive all His fullness. He
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is also the feet to subdue all power and authority. He has given us His word, His power, His authority and the connection of the Father to us. Ephesians 2:18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the
Father.19 Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of
God,20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone,21 in whom the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,:22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit
The word in your mouth is a s powerful as the word of God in His mouth. When He said, “Let there be light and there was light.” It is as powerful in your mouth to redesign the earth.
Hebrews 6:1-20 Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God,2
of the doctrine of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.3 And this we will do if God permits.4
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy
Spirit,5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come,6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance,
since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes
upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;8 but if it bears thorns and briars, it is
rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.9 But, beloved, we are confident of better things concerning you, yes, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.10 For God
is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and
do minister.11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope until the end,12 that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through faith and patience
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inherit the promises.3 For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself,14 saying, "Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply
you."15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.16 For men indeed swear by the greater, and an oath for
confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.17 Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,
18 that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us.19 This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters the Presence behind
the veil,20 where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus, having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.
God has given to us foundation and experience. You have to learn to use God’s word and touch the power on the other side. As you speak atmosphere begins to change.
Psalms 138:2 I will worship toward Your holy temple, And praise Your
name For Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word above all Your name.
God has sworn by His own name to back up His word. The Name that every knee will bow that backs up that word. He puts everything of heaven behind His word. We cannot be mumbling and fumbling over the scriptures and paraphrase the word to accommodate the people. In the day of Moses the people feared and tremble at His word. If we know the power of the word we will not compromise. We are to say what God say but if you say what God is not saying than we are wrong. You need to have wisdom to carry out the message. As you speak as God speak wisdom will flow. You cannot change atmosphere unless you speak as God speaks. You have been given that dimension of power. You must believe that the word in your mouth is as powerful as the word in the mouth of God. The same creative power is given to us as it was given to Adam. As he named the animals. They came to live. II.
You must live by the supernatural provision of God both in your spiritual and natural life. You must be sustain supernaturally sustain in every aspect of your life. You cannot change the world if you are so dependent upon others. You must be able to survive with the bare minimum. The more people you are dependent on, you will be vulnerable.
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Everything we do must be a tribute to Him but we are not dependent on men to make us wholesome. If men can hire you they can fire you. If they can put you there, they can also pull the rug from under you. Our dependence must be upon God. You must be sustain God’s strength and provision.
Session13-‐18th August. III.
You must know how to dethrone ruling powers in the environment and in the atmosphere.
1Kings 16:31 And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as
wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.32 Then he set up an altar for
Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.33 And Ahab
made a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his
firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.
Zarephath was the birth place of Jezebel and God sent Elijah to this place where the widow was. There was a spirit of death in that place.
1Kings 17:7 And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.8 Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 9 "Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to
Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to
provide for you."10 So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, indeed a widow was there gathering sticks.
And he called to her and said, "Please bring me a little water in a cup, that I may drink."11 And as she was going to get it, he called to her and
said, "Please bring me a morsel of bread in your hand."12 So she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I do not have bread, only a handful of
flour in a bin, and a little oil in a jar; and see, I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it, and die."13 And Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go and do as
you have said, but make me a small cake from it first, and bring it to me; and afterward make some for yourself and your son.14 "For thus says
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the LORD God of Israel: 'The bin of flour shall not be used up, nor
shall the jar of oil run dry, until the day the LORD sends rain on the earth.'"15 So she went away and did according to the word of Elijah;
and she and he and her household ate for many days.16 The bin of flour was not used up, nor did the jar of oil run dry, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke by Elijah.17 Now it happened after
these things that the son of the woman who owned the house became
sick. And his sickness was so serious that there was no breath left in him.18 So she said to Elijah, "What have I to do with you, O man of God? Have you come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to kill my son?"
19 And he said to her, "Give me your son." So he took him out of her arms and carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid
him on his own bed.20 Then he cried out to the LORD and said, "O
LORD my God, have You also brought tragedy on the widow with
whom I lodge, by killing her son?"21 And he stretched himself out on the child three times, and cried out to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, I pray, let this child's soul come back to him."22 Then the LORD
heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came back to him,
and he revived.23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from
the upper room into the house, and gave him to his mother. And Elijah said, "See, your son lives!"
24 Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now by this I know that you are a
man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is the truth." Jezebel is more than just a controlling woman or a rebellious spirit. It has to do with the spirit of death. It is a spirit of darkness that operates in the atmosphere that take life away from us. It must take life away from our church. Our family, our marriage and others. The spirit of Jezebel is the spirit of death. The widow in Zarephath had a death wish. Elijah gave her flour and oil but there is a greater need that will be met.
1Kings 18:4 For so it was, while Jezebel massacred the prophets of the
LORD, that Obadiah had taken one hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty to a cave, and had fed them with bread and water.5 And
Ahab had said to Obadiah, "Go into the land to all the springs of water
and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, so that we will not have to kill any livestock.
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1Kings 18:10 "As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent someone to hunt for you; and when they
said, 'He is not here,' he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they could not find you.11 "And now you say, 'Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here"'!12 "And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know;
so when I go and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.13 "Was it not
reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, how I hid one hundred men of the LORD'S prophets, fifty to a cave, and fed them with bread and water? 14 "And now you say, 'Go, tell your master, "Elijah is here."' He will kill me!"
1Kings 18:22 Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
1Kings 19:1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he
had executed all the prophets with the sword.2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about
this time."3 And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life, and went to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die, and said, "It is enough! Now, LORD, take my life, for I am no better than my
fathers!"5 Then as he lay and slept under a broom tree, suddenly an
angel touched him, and said to him, "Arise and eat."6 Then he looked, and there by his head was a cake baked on coals, and a jar of water. So
he ate and drank, and lay down again.7 And the angel of the LORD
came back the second time, and touched him, and said, "Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you."8 So he arose, and ate and
drank; and he went in the strength of that food forty days and forty
nights as far as Horeb, the mountain of God.9 And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here,
Elijah?"10 So he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of
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hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn
down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life."11 Then He said, "Go out, and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore into the mountains and broke the
rocks in pieces before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind;
and after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the
earthquake;12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice.13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood
in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?"14 And he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; because the children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your
prophets with the sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my life."15 Then the LORD said to him: "Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael as king over Syria.16 "Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over
Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint
as prophet in your place.17 "It shall be that whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, Jehu will kill; and whoever escapes the sword of Jehu, Elisha will kill.18 "Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel, all whose knees have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth that has not kissed him."19 So
he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him.20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my
father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"21 So Elisha turned back
from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen's equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant. Whenever there is confrontation, we must never be a man that lose his concentration. The angels came to strengthen Elijah for the battle. Elijah did not fight the battle for just some meager reasons. Elijah first dealt with the power of the house and then the city and the nation. Hell will look for you because you are the source of transformation.
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Elijah was confronted with the spirit of Jezebel. The devil made a final attempt against Elijah with counterfeit through supernatural manifestations of the strong wind, earthquake and climatically changes but God was not in there. God had to speak to Elijah to face Him. God had to strengthen Him and turn him back to his assignment. If the enemy cannot get you to shoot yourself, he will shoot you. (2 Kings 9) Here Elijah anoints Elisha; Elisha anointed one of the sons of the prophets and the son of the prophet anointed Jehu and he rode into Samaria. (1 Kings 16:9-20:-‐Jehu is not Zimri but it was a suicidal spirit. Omri was the father of Ahab.) Jezebel was releasing the spirit of death upon Jehu. Jehu speaks the word to the people in the palace where the men who could not live like men because of the demonic power Jezebel carried. They were completely subdued and could not fight her. God is giving to us the compounded anointing on the next generation to rise and speak to break the powers of Jezebel in the atmosphere. With every generation the powers of darkness will be weaken. Every generation will get stronger until the spirit of darkness will be thrown down. Abel was killed by Cain and Seth was born and then Enoch then men began to call upon the name of the Lord. God is a generational God so that for now and forever more. What God has begun in the past will continue to work with us in the present and then to our children and grandchildren. The devil will recognized the offspring of ISAAC. We will have the power to transform the spirit atmosphere. We will have prevailing power to rule in the midst of the enemies and the grace to change the atmosphere in our church.
Breakthrough Night-‐19th August. -‐God Encounter
Genesis 28:10-22 Now Jacob went out from Beersheba and went toward Haran.11 So
he came to a certain place and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. And he took one of the stones of that place and put it at his head, and he lay down in that
place to sleep.12 Then he dreamed, and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.13 And behold, the LORD stood above it and said: "I am the LORD
God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendants.14 "Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the
earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.15 "Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land;
for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you."16 Then Jacob
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awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know
it."17 And he was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than
the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven!"18 Then Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put at his head, set it up as a pillar, and
poured oil on top of it.19 And he called the name of that place Bethel; but the name of that city had been Luz previously.20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will
be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and
clothing to put on,21 "so that I come back to my father's house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God.22 "And this stone which I have set as a pillar shall be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You."
God is a God who will do what He said He will do. This is Jacob making a vow saying that he has received his birthright and making his way to get a wife, all that my parents prayed for, I will take a journey and I will come back to this place. We are going with the blessing of the father and Jacob took the journey and he came to Laban. Now in chapter 32 he is back from the journey. Laban kept him and he was delayed and there was contention in Laban’s house. Now God turns him back to the house of Jacob’s inheritance. As Jacob was coming back, the angels were there waiting for him. You came go but you cannot escape because God will bring you back. You have to return to the place where God send you from. Here is Jacob renewing his vow to God. If you are called by God He will to you as He has said. God wants to bring us to a place of encounter. God has to do a circumcision in our lives so that we come into our calling. He will call you back to your inheritance. There is a generation out there coming back to their inheritance and their call. There will be so many people coming back to the city and the house. Jacob has to journey back towards his inheritance. Jacob is returning as a transform man. They want to live with their inheritance. Satan cannot the vessels of gold anymore. Those who know that their inheritance in the house will come back. This is the message is to return to your house and inheritance. The day of transfer is here and the day of the fulfillment of prophecies is here. When Jacob was left alone God was going to deal with him so that Jacob could secure the covenant and inheritance is that he will have a son name Joseph that will be a strategic man. This encounter is a personal encounter although he enemy is there, although his wives were there. Although his children were there, God was going to encounter him and change him. This is God’s camp. You will come into God’s camp to transact with God. You will g and change the nation that is why God is coming to meet you. If God can find one man He will start an entire new move. He is no respecter of person. He took Terah first but he came as far as Haran so the Lord call Abraham to take the journey of faith. You need to see how God can move one life. It took Paul to change all of Asia. It took one Titus to change all of Crete; Moses for Egypt. Will you be that one that God can change? Let me be the beginning of revival…start with me…I want to be like Jacob. Touch me and change me. The encounter is going to be personal. We never knew who is going to be the person that is going to change things around. You could be the one born in time. You could be the man born of the Spirit. Sometimes we do not know where we are. The best place to hide is where God is. The best place to hide is the camp of the Lord. God wants to offer to you a new day. There are wise man giving us this message. When you start to hear new things you will never be the same again. The day of sorrow, struggling and contention is going to be over. This is your final struggle. It is going to be over. If
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you make right with God and finalized this struggle with Him it will be over. Hold on and let God. It may be tough but hold on until a new day breaks out. When the final push comes the baby will be born. Push in the Spirit. Rise in your heart and gain strength. God you promise me I will not let you go till I see a new day. Stay true to the confession of your life. The day will break and a new day will come. The day will be over. The face to face encounter will be the signal. It will be a permanent transformation is about to happen. Let there be a permanent change not just a casual, social or temporary change because you are not touch by an angel but by an almighty God. Your stature will change because you will change. You position will change. For the first time God has a man for His purpose to continue on. God will give you a stature to operate from then on. God will take you out of your small mindedness and make you regal. You will not be behaving like a beggar but your stature before God will change. You will be treated as a prince. Apart from Him we can do nothing. We come to the end of our struggles and walk like a prince and be regal. Jacob totally yielded to Him for an encounter. There is an alarm going on and there is a call to come back to their inheritance. God is going to transact with these people who are coming back. They are going to return to the house as true sons and true daughters. Many have left as natural people but they will return as spiritual sons and daughters. Your enemy will be at peace with you. No attacks of the enemy will prosper. They will turn back. Every evil intention of government, politicians and men will turn back. They cannot use the past to hold on to you because God has canceled off the past. The old man is dead. You are free from the past so they cannot use it against you. They cannot find Jacob anymore because Israel is coming forth. The ‘me’ is over and I come out as a prince. God has canceled every certificate of death.
Breakthrough Night- The Breakthrough Anointing 2010 Never start at a low key. Always go from a point of strength, whether it be natural or spiritual. Even if you take a counseling session, always go prayed up. Always wake up fast because the first half hour will determine how fast your metabolic rate will go for the day. Let your body know you that you need the energy. 1. Keep your agendas true.
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All that you accomplish will be for God’s people. Let a true agenda be in your heart that it will be for God’s glory and God’s people.
1Chronicles 14:2 So David knew that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel. •
Let the Spirit of revelation come upon us. His Son will be glorify and there will be no reproach so that you can bring Him glory, honor, all praise and all dominion.
2. God will position you.
1Chonicles 14:8 Now when the Philistines heard that David had been anointed
king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went out against them. •
God is going to promote you little by little. Do cut short your success. Let God have His free way in the process of our lives. When the enemy here of your position the enemy will challenge you. You cannot rise up until you are being challenge. You have to be strong enough to be challenge.
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God is faithful and He will bring you through the processes so that your success will last. God will lay one level of foundation and another and another.
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Once you are full of the Spirit the enemy will bring you to the wilderness for challenge. He will challenge you till you let go and if you don’t let go then he will leave. If you win it then he will not take the challenge to you again. If you win you do not have to face the enemy twice.
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The more challenges come the stronger you will become if you respond well. Do not feel bad when people hurt you.
4. The breakthrough anointing is for Godly counsel.
1Chronicles 14:9 Then the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of
Rephaim. 10 And David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the
Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?" And the LORD said to him, "Go up, for I will deliver them into your hand."11 So they went up to Baal
Perazim, and David defeated them there. Then David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a breakthrough of water." Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim. •
I want to partner with the God of the breakthrough so that breakthroughs will come all the time.
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5. You must learn to build in the Spirit and learn to flow in the spirit world if you want your victory to be complete.
1Chronicles 14:14 Therefore David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around them, and come upon them in
front of the mulberry trees. 15 "And it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines." 6. God will extend your boundaries and borders and He will bring you fame and favor and that is in proportion to your obedience.
1Chronicles 14:16 So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.17 Then the fame of David went out into all lands, and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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God will give you favor for as long as you obey.
7. He will cover you with prosperity so that you will find rest.
1Chronicles 15:1 David built houses for himself in the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it. •
So that you can minister out of rest. God is so kind that He will never forget you but supply all the resources.
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The greatest breakthrough is to be in total rest. Just to worship Him and having Him is more than sufficient for you.
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session 14-‐18th August.
The Pattern of Worship
John 4:1-4 Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus
made and baptized more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus Himself did not
baptize, but His disciples), He left Judea and departed again to Galilee.4 But He needed to go through Samaria.
One of the things that short circuit our lives is the clash of the move of God. We need to move free of the clash of spiritual dimensions.
John 4:5-6 So He came to a city of Samaria which is called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus
therefore, being wearied from His journey, sat thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour.
Jesus had to move out of the sectarian situation and He has come into the old cycle, He began to bring change.
Genesis 33:18 Then Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan Aram; and he pitched his tent before the city.19
And he bought the parcel of land, where he had pitched his tent, from the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.
Genesis 34:1 Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land.2 And when Shechem the son of Hamor the
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Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her and lay with her, and violated her.3
His soul was strongly attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young woman and spoke kindly to the young woman.4 So Shechem spoke to his
father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young woman as a wife."5 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field; so Jacob held his peace until they came.6 Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
Ge 34:7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved and very angry, because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing which ought not to be done.8 But Hamor
spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as a wife.9 "And make marriages with us; give your daughters to
us, and take our daughters to yourselves.10 "So you shall dwell with us, and the land shall be before you. Dwell and trade in it, and acquire possessions for yourselves in it."11 Then Shechem said to her father and her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.12 "Ask me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give according to what you say to me; but give me the young woman as a
wife."13 But the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father, and spoke
deceitfully, because he had defiled Dinah their sister.14 And they said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a reproach to us.15 "But on this condition we will consent to you: If you will become as
we are, if every male of you is circumcised,16 "then we will give our daughters to you,
and we will take your daughters to us; and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.17 "But if you will not heed us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and be gone."18 And their words pleased Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's
son.19 So the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he delighted in Jacob's daughter. He was more honorable than all the household of his father.20
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke with the
men of their city, saying:21 "These men are at peace with us. Therefore let them dwell in the land and trade in it. For indeed the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters to us as wives, and let us give them our daughters.22 "Only on this condition will the men consent to dwell with us, to be one people: if every male among
us is circumcised as they are circumcised.23 "Will not their livestock, their property, and every animal of theirs be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us."24 And all who went out of the gate of his city heeded Hamor and Shechem
his son; every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.25 Now it came to pass on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob,
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Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came boldly upon the
city and killed all the males.26 And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went out.
27 The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.28 They took their sheep, their oxen, and their donkeys, what was in the city and what was in the field,29 and all their wealth. All their little
ones and their wives they took captive; and they plundered even all that was in the houses.30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have troubled me by making me obnoxious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and since I am few in number, they will gather themselves together against
me and kill me. I shall be destroyed, my household and I."31 But they said, "Should he treat our sister like a harlot?" God now is looking for a lady to change the past. When a woman was raped the men in that place were killed. Now God found the Samaritan woman to touch so that He change the past and won the men in that place and cut the generational curses and influence of the past. This is what God is doing that is why this congress is essential. If God can one person or one church He can change the past no matter what it is. When we think of God there is hope for every city. We can be that generation who can change the city. This woman no matter how bad her past was is willing to break out of the past to be the agent of change. It does not matter what things are like. Everyone knew this woman and when she went into the city and spoke to the men they believed her. They were waiting for the Messiah and when they heard that Jesus was there everyone came. For such people He came to cut off the past and turn her loose to change the city. This is what worship is all about. The church that embraces worship is the church that will position to turn things around. This is what worship is all about. It is to encounter Him to have our past cut off toward transformation so that the city will be change. Jesus is looking everywhere but not for everyone. The eye of the Lord runs to and fro looking but not for everybody. There are certain ones that He is watching out for.
John 4:7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." 8 For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.9 Then the woman
of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
There are a lot of gender barriers, cultural barriers in this woman. What Jesus carried was so much that He was unaffected. Jesus was no limited by all these barriers the woman set up but He broke the barriers to get change her.
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John 4:10 Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is
who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water."
When people realize that what you have is more important than people will turn to you. We need to understand that what we have within us is so much that it will be an undeniable factor for people to turn to us. It is not about making it work but it is about what you carry.
John 4:11 The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do You get that living water?
We feel that if we dig deeper and deeper we will get to the living water. So many churches think that if they keep digging deeper you will touch the living water. We keep pressing in to draw out more but it is when we know Him, it is when we encounter Him that we come to Him the Fountain of Life. She knew that Jacob could not even touch this dimension and she now begins to know who is talking to her.
John 4:12-19 "Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,14 "but whoever drinks of the water
that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."15 The woman said to Him,
"Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come here to draw."16 Jesus said to
her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."17 The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You have well said, 'I have no husband,'18 "for you
have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; in that you spoke truly."
19 The woman said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. Now the woman moved to the spiritual dimension as her perception of Him changes. You cannot enter into the dimensions without the perception of who He is. It is in knowing who He is that inspires worship.
The Past Model:
John 4:20 "Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where one ought to worship."
Mount Gerasim in the South and mount Ebal in the North. These are the two mountains of entrance into the promise land. These were the points of blessings and curses. Mount Gerasim is where the blessings were proclaimed and Mount Ebal was where the curses were released. The whole purpose was given at the point of fear and the people of Samaria did not really worship God. There other idols in their heart. If they do not obey they die. All the aspect of
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worship is to get blessings. This is the old model of worship that is mixed. There is mixture in their worship.
The Present Model: It is from the point of government. This was what Jerusalem was. They all have to appear before God in Jerusalem. So God is the government that they were gathered to. Government provides protection and without government no protection. If they do not follow the law then they will not have blessing. If they keep all the law they will be blessed. Jesus did not approve the past or the present order because there is a transition. We have a little of the past and a little of the present and all we have is a mixture. God is dealing with lawlessness in their heart. Lawlessness was removed and so they came three times a year to worship so that they can enter into a place of rest.
John 4:21 Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe Me, the hour is coming when you will neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Jesus is talking of a transition model. The present will no longer be relevant when the hour comes. The old and the present worship will o longer be required and there must a time of the departure of the old and the present. We must be willing to evolve. The old is passing away and the present is passing away. We still struggle with the old and the present. An hour is coming that is far beyond flesh and blood. We need to know how to get closer and closer and around the throne. Many of us are still using the tabernacle of David while others are using the Jewish worship. God winks at our ignorance but He is bringing us to the hour of change. This woman was speaking to us prophetically about the Gentile church so we need to be careful about bringing back the Jewish worship. The hour is the transition hour but when He say, “Now is.” We know we are there. The throne is different because we have been cleansed and we can move on to maturity. You do not have to feel unworthy. You can now speak to Him face to face. Now we can worship Him as sons. Servants only know how to serve but sons know how to worship. We are no longer sin conscious or man conscious but we are now God conscious. God is upgrading us from the place of immaturity going back to our vomit and refuse to change. We must not go back to the way we worship before. The transition time is a time of real change form a saint to a son. The Past Model was from sinners; the Present Model was from saints but the Transition Model is you come into worship through birth in knowing who is and the Now Model is worship from sons. Redemption-‐knowledge-‐intimacy of relationship. It is true birth that you come to sonship to present true worship. Only sons will come into true worship.
John 4:22 "You worship what you do not know; we know what we worship, for salvation is of the Jews. Many are just worshipping what they do not know.
Features of the transition:
1. We are moving from cerebral to celebration.
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From the mental ascend to express exuberance. You carry the joy you express in your heart.
2. From liturgy to liberty. • Ritual to liberty. We want to know how to approach the throne. 3. Performance of some to the participation of all. • We understand this as corporate worship. Our worship is collective worship. 4. Skill use of instruments to the adoration of worshipers.
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5. Cross and sin consciousness to Throne centeredness. • We will realize that the One that sits on the throne is more important than our sins. We will not see sin as bigger than God. We need to go closer and closer to the throne to be cleansed. •
To worship God and serve Him only is not in a building but in our lives. We will actually carry the glory of God on our lives.
Session 15-‐18th August. 6. We are moving from the worship in awe of the creator God to the intimacy of Father God. • We are not worshipping someone we don’t know but we will worship Him whom we know in an intimately. •
When you speak of the people you love you can feel it and that is how God and us is going to be. We are going to know our Father and we will cry Abba Father and worship will spring forth out of us.
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7. God wants us to move from contemplation which is the improvement of self towards a divine commission which is totally available to God, a workman not ashamed. • We will not be singing songs of contemplation but we will be singing about Him. We will no t be seeing ourselves as self abased.
Colossians 2:18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
Colossians 2:23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in selfimposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh. •
This is the area of worship about you. Talk about your life and relationship with Him and not about the ministry.
8. From the words of men to the new songs of the Spirit. • You will be singing songs of the spirit of the house like the song of Moses or the song of David. •
There will be a new song that others cannot learn. Only the Spirit of God will cause the heaven to resonate towards you.
9. We are going to move from the feel good syndrome to the feel God synergy. •
We do not always have to feel good but we need to feel God. What we feel, taste is not important but we need to feel God.
10. We are moving from doing what you desire to do as you are led and required. •
Worship will not be done as we like but what is required and led. The Holy Spirit will lead us. The Holy Spirit will play a major role in our worship.
Acts 13:2-3 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called
them."3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
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The Holy Spirit will play a dominant role. The Holy Spirit and the bride will say, “Come…” The Holy Spirit presence is going to be so real as in the case of Ananias and Saphira.
Acts 13:4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
The Holy Spirit and the Bride will become co-‐partners on the earth.
Morning Devotion-19th August.
Importance of Prayer. # 1.The disciples asked, “Lord, teach us how to pray.” They went beyond what He can do but they saw something behind the scene and asked to be taught how to pray. They did not ask how to be doing things. Many times we go in and not come out with God. We only come out with a message but not with God. Jesus always goes in and come out with God upon His life. Jesus continually go into prayer to recharge. # 2. He invited them to the garden Gethsemane to pray. When we are prayed up, the enemy cannot have anything to do upon our lives. Not to enter into the hour of temptation is that the enemy will have no power to tempt you. When we tarry with Him in that hour of prayer we will not enter into the hour of temptation. There is a prayer that will protect us in the time of the enemy. The hour of temptation cannot take you if you are covered with prayer. Whatever pressure and persecution he puts will not be able to take you out. #3. Every morning when you wake up ask the Lord for to put thoughts to you. With the thoughts and charged up you will look different. Allow the thoughts to excite you to put give you a face lift. Learn to take it out from your Spirit. If you are a spirit person you will project the Spirit and if you are a soul person you will only project the soul. Project the Spirit so that you will only use your face, your voice and your expression to express the Spirit. The Polish were not supposed to
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express their anger toward the government. They were taught to cut off expression of how they felt. That which is inside their heart could not come to the face. The communist had them bound in their expression. You have to talk with your Spirit dimension. Spiritual people are attracted to spiritual people not the natural beauty.
Session 16-‐19th August.
The Future Model: Jesus introduces a true God model:-‐ 1. It is going to be established on the relationship of God the Father and the worship of sons. 2. It is going to be established on spiritual sacrifices rather than the natural sacrifices.
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Not animal sacrifice but sacrifice of songs, every aspect of your lives.
3. It is established on the Truth for Jesus is the truth. • Come see a Man who told the woman about her life.
John 4:2"Come, see a Man who told me all things that I ever did. Could this be the Christ?" • Everything is centered on Him. Without passing through the truth you cannot enter. 4. It is a collective of people. • It is a corporate company of believers and we cannot come to Him alone. He is looking for worshipers and not worshiper. Learn to pray together and everything that is preventing the togetherness must be broken.
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5. We must understand that God is a spirit and that we are a spirit beings for the life we live in the spirit is more important than the life we live in the flesh. •
Worship do not begin until this is established in our lives. If we are in the flesh we cannot present. Those who walk in the Spirit that will be able to present true worship to God.
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Music and songs were provided in the tabernacle of David and the temple of Solomon. You as a person must be in the Spirit. The Holy Spirit do not repackage it and present worship to God but we as a person need to rise and cross over to the Spirit.
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The cream of the crop; the best of the best coming together to touch God. Like the 120 that came together and broke through and the throne came down. Our starting point is not earth. We are not bringing heaven down but we are going up.
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We need to be upgrade to the life of the Spirit to come into maturity to bring such worship to God and that saturation is what we are talking about. We must be at that level of maturity in Spirit and in truth. They have a relationship and communion with the Father that will bring that worship.
6. The future model will be revealed to us by the Son.
John 4:25 The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is
called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."26 Jesus said to her, "I who speak to you am He."
Matthew 17:5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"
Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His
servants--things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, •
Jesus is the revealer of what the future model is all about. He is revealing all that He is to John so that John could reveal it to the church. All that comes out from Jesus from eternity to eternity.
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What man’s ability and capability was revealed in Christ. The One to open the seal for us is the Son. He is the only One authorized to break the seal. The pattern is going to be reveal by Jesus Himself.
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John 4:25 The woman said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (who is called Christ). "When He comes, He will tell us all things."
Malachi 3:1 "Behold, I send My messenger, And he will prepare the way before
Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, Will suddenly come to His temple, Even the Messenger of the covenant, In whom you delight. Behold, He is coming," Says the LORD of hosts.2 "But who can endure the day of His coming? And who
can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire And like launderer's soap.3 He will sit as a refiner and a purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi, And purge them as gold and silver, That they may offer to the LORD An
offering in righteousness.4 "Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem Will be pleasant to the LORD, As in the days of old, As in former years.
This is the temple issues is from these four verses and the worship dimension is going to change because heaven is invading the temple. What God is doing is going to affect the house and the city and the nation. God is going purify the priesthood and He wants us to walk with Him as sons. What we do in the house is going to be the cleansing of the nation.
Machil 3:5 And I will come near you for judgment; I will be a swift witness
Against sorcerers, Against adulterers, Against perjurers, Against those who
exploit wage earners and widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien-Because they do not fear Me," Says the LORD of hosts. 6 "For
I am the LORD, I do not change; Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of
Jacob.7 Yet from the days of your fathers You have gone away from My ordinances And have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," Says the LORD of hosts. "But you said, 'In what way shall we return?'
This is talking about what is outside the temple but the following scriptures began to talk about the offerings in the temple. When we began to worship God and go out He will open the windows of heaven over us.
Malachi 3:8 "Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! But you say, 'In what way have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. 9 You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation.10 Bring all the tithes
into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room
enough to receive it.11 "And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit
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for you in the field," Says the LORD of hosts;12 "And all nations will call you
blessed, For you will be a delightful land," Says the LORD of hosts.13 "Your words have been harsh against Me," Says the LORD, "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?'14 You have said, 'It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as
mourners Before the LORD of hosts?15 So now we call the proud blessed, For those who do wickedness are raised up; They even tempt God and go free.'"16 Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, And the LORD listened and heard them; So a book of remembrance was written
before Him For those who fear the LORD And who meditate on His name.17 "They shall be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "On the day that I make them
My jewels. And I will spare them As a man spares his own son who serves
him."18 Then you shall again discern Between the righteous and the wicked, Between one who serves God And one who does not serve Him.
Law and government will come into the house so that healing is going to come to the house and the leaves will be healing for the nations. The store house is going to be on earth so that the house will be so saturated that there will be no lacking of the word. Heaven will set its base here on the earth. This is going to be a revelation of the church reveal by Jesus. What we are actually meant to be is going to be reveal so that the whole world and creation groaning will be revealed, the manifestations of sons. ********
Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.23 Not only that, but we also who have the firstfruits
of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body.24 For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?25
But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
Whenever we talk of the spirit dimension we talk about the glory of God coming in bringing the sons and bringing the first fruit to the Father who is the first fruit company to Him. The honorable company and the finishing generation will rise. Because of them the church will be perverse. In every church there will be the first fruit company that will rise and replenish the church that Satan cannot touch her. There will be a company that will touch it first that will them from the attack of the enemy. (Revelation 12).
Session 17-‐19th August.
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Mary knew Jesus for a long time before she worshipped Him. There must be a time where we cross from familiarity to intimacy. Mary Magdalene thought of all that He has done for her began to turn to worship Him. Sometimes we know Him so much that we are so familiar with Him that we do not cross the line to worship. We need to cross from familiarity into intimacy with Him.
The Original Hand Made Model- The True Worshiper The Son of God.
John 4:34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to
finish His work.35 "Do you not say, 'There are still four months and then comes the
harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! 36 "And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.37 "For in this the saying is true: 'One sows and another reaps.'38 "I sent you to reap that for
which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors." The One who does the will of the Father is a true worshiper.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your
reasonable service.2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by
the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
This is your reasonable form of worship.
1. A true worshiper is one who has presented his body to do God’s will.
Hebrews10:5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and
offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me.6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure.7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come--In the volume of the book it is written of Me--To do Your will, O
God.'"8 Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and
offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He
said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, But a body You have prepared for Me.6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no
pleasure.7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come--In the volume of the book it is written of Me--To do Your will, O God.'"8 Previously saying, "Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had
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pleasure in them" (which are offered according to the law),9 then He said, "Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God." He takes away the first that He
may establish the second.10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.11 And every priest stands
ministering daily and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. •
True worship is to present yourself as a sacrifice. There must be nothing in your body resisting His will. Bring your body under the subjection to His will.
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Everything you do in this body-‐ the food we eat; our sleep and etc…
2. Our minds must be renewed to accept God’s will.
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Every aspect of our mind must be aligned. Our mind must not be hostile to God’s will.
3. We must have a transformed life that is not conformed to this world. • •
To conform means to be compressed into form; to be pressured to take its form. Transform is to change from the former state. The past can no longer arouse to temptation. Without a transform life how can we be a worshiper. True worship means true transformation.
4. We must have the grace to know who we are.
Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given to me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think soberly, as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith. •
God must take us out of slavery and place on us the spirit of sonship. The first revelation is to know who is God to you. You can never discover who you are until you know who He is to you. The moment we open our mouth we call ‘Papa or Mama’. We recognize the ones responsible for us. We will not have identity crisis if we know who He is.
5. God has already given you the measure of faith and the gifts so that you can offer your life in service to him.
Romans 12:4 For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function,5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.6 Having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, let us
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prophesy in proportion to our faith;7 or ministry, let us use it in our
ministering; he who teaches, in teaching;:8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he
who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.
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Worship without service is incomplete. Worship must be with serving in the house.
6. The quality of your worship is going to be measured by the quality of your service. •
Jesus asked Peter if he loved Him and Peter answered positively and Jesus indicated how his love should be in service toward the people. Your service is how much you know the God you serve. The more you discover Him the more you will serve Him.
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The Father said to the Son to sit at His right hand. Even the Father was prepared to serve the Son. If you love your wife you will be prepared to make her happy. Worship is the reflection of your adoration for God. Service is the reflection of what you carry.
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To lay down of lives should not be a problem. How you serve one another is the reflection of a true worshiper. How you serve your pastor reflects the kind of worshiper you are.
7. Christ is the true model of worship because He came to do the Father’s will.
John 4:34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
Doing God’s will:
a. It will nourish you. • It is food to our body. Every time you do God’s will your body just comes alive. b. It will please the One who sent me.
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c. It accomplishes the work of God.
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It will find tune us to be in the same frequency. You can’t see what God sees until you start to do God’s will.
e. It will accelerate time and bring the future into the now. •
Future comes four months ahead of time. When you do the will of God time is already clocked and within a few seconds it is over.
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Harvest for what they are doing and reward for what they become. Harvest is through sowing but reward is given by the one above.
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God will reward you for doing His will and harvest comes from your hand as you sow and labor.
g. It will bring two generations together.
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The reapers will overtake the sowers. It will bring the other half.
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John had to baptize to reveal Jesus and Jesus had to baptize to reveal the Holy Spirit. One sows and another will reap. One generation must not stumble or sabotage another.
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If you lose your partner somebody will replace him. If we lose the Holy Spirit it will be replace by another ghost. If we replace those who had been a blessing to us than others who join us may cause us problems.
h. It will allow us to reap where others had sown and labored.
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i. It will start a new cycle of life for a new season of life.
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You will gather fruits and use the seed to start anew.
j. It will give us territorial influence.
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Session 18-‐19th August.
Establishing the Flow of the Spirit.
John 4:13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst
again,14 "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
There are different types of water and there are waters that do not solve problems. ‘Ruah’ ‘Nuama’-‐air in motion or moving air of God-‐ moving fresh breath of God. When Spirit is mention, we think of the breath of God moving.
John 3:6 "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Psalm 147:18 He sends out His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
Ezekiel 37:5 'Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live.
If the breath do not come in then there will be no life.
Ezekiel 37:14 "I will put My Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your
own land. Then you shall know that I, the LORD, have spoken it and performed it," says the LORD.'"
God is the one who creates winds to blow and the waters to flow. He causes motion. He will send His word and motion will take place.
Psalm 46:4 There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High. Where the city of God is there is a river.
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Psalm 65:9 You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is
full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.10 You water its ridges abundantly, You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless
its growth.11 You crown the year with Your goodness, And Your paths drip with abundance.12 They drop on the pastures of the wilderness, And the little hills rejoice on every side.13 The pastures are clothed with flocks; The valleys also are covered with grain; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Joshua 7:37 On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out,
saying, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. 38 "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
Jesus was standing on the stairs where water was flowing and Jesus indicated that water will not quench. Ezekiel temple was never built although he saw it. The temple which He spoke about is our lives. He prophesied about the day where this spiritual temple will be where the living water will flow.
Proverbs 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, Like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wishes.
If God can do something inside you then He will guide this river. This is the river that causes things to happen and is full of abundance. It is this dimension of spirit life that will cause you to be a worshiper.
2Kings 2:19 Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Please notice, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad, and the ground barren."20
And he said, "Bring me a new bowl, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.21
Then he went out to the source of the water, and cast in the salt there, and said, "Thus says the LORD: 'I have healed this water; from it there shall be no more death or barrenness.'"22 So the water remains healed to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke.
If the water is contaminated then we will bring death instead of life. We need to touch the source of life and touch that area with the fresh word of God. It is not how pleasant the city is but it is how clean the water is. Externally we can good but internally we can bad. We need to bring the prophetic salt into the water so that we can change the city. We carry the life of God on the inside.
Genesis 26:20 But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying,
"The water is ours." So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled
with him.21 Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah.
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Jeremiah 32:51 "because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at
the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel.
A place of disobedience and it get us cut off. We can be contaminated by the people so that we can act wrongly thereby forfeit us from entering in.
Ezekiel 47:19 "The south side, toward the South, shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribah by Kadesh, along the brook to the Great Sea. This is the south side, toward the South.
The river of Ezekiel is going into the days come in. Our river is going to be strong enough.
Psalms 36:8 They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.9 For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
God is delighted over His house and He allows them to be fill with the abundance of His house. When this life begins to break out light begins to come.
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was in the beginning with God.3 All things were made through Him, and
without Him nothing was made that was made.4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
When the internal light comes in then life will be there. The more life you have in Him you will have more light. If He is not establish inside you will have nothing. Wherever this river will go it will change everything. There is enough inside you to go as far as it is needed. Water-‐well-‐river-‐rivers. The capacity can increase. God can give water and you need to build a well and you can bless others. You guard it and grow it. Your capacity begin to increase and you cannot ford it. It will begin to flow as much as it wants. We want to be a river that is flowing. Abundance will flow and not a word will fall to the ground and be lost. Somebody will pick the frequency up and run with it. What is spoken will not return empty and void. Prophecies will come to place. It will come to pass. There will be no prophecies that will fall to the ground but now the fulfillment of all things. It is always good not to let the enemy think that they are losing but allow them to think that they are winning so that they will be caught unaware. The major prophecy for your life will hit you and there will be a mad rush of prophetic fulfillment.
Psalm 137:1 By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.2 We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.3 For there
those who carried us away captive asked of us a song, And those who plundered us
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requested mirth, Saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill! 6 If I do not remember you, Let my tongue cling to the roof of my
mouth-If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. 7 Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it, To its very
foundation!" 8 O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed, Happy the one who
repays you as you have served us! 9 Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock!
Do not drink from the rivers of Babylon because it will contaminate you. Babylon is going to be destroyed. It talks of counterfeit ministries; doctrines; the system of this world.. God is giving us the power to rise that the system of this world will collapse. When you drink from the rivers of Babylon things will happen:1. The people’s spirit becomes bound and unable to express joy, hope and inner stirring. 2. People come under oppression of captors and tormentors. 3. People’s mind becomes affected by oppression. 4. People’s foundations are razed to the ground. •
Our foundation will be destroyed.
5. People are use by Babylon to build their system and their city. •
These are our enemies who use our people who drink from us to build their churches and kingdoms.
6. People are told to shift their hopes and dreams to Babylon instead of Zion. 7. The people in Babylon cry for deliverance and for reformers to rise. •
There will people rising to destroy Babylon. Even the second generation will not pursue Babylon. The devil will not rise twice to destroy you.
2Peter 1:19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; 20 knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,21 for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
To do well we have to pay attention to that which is inside. In His life there is light. We need to keep this dimension because it will be a morning star. This lamp will become a morning star.
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Pay attention to this light and when the Holy Spirit works on it a new day will dawn upon you. It may be little at the moment but it becomes more and more and the light is going to brighter and brighter until the morning star arise. There must be some kind of pattern that is conducive to our churches. Isaiah came in and was cleanse and than he had an encounter, commission and sent out. You cannot get the people in worship when they are the least prepared. Maybe we need to prepare the people with prayer and the preaching so that the people are cleansed by the word so that when they offer up their worship in a worthy manner.
Session 19-20th August. When Jesus says that the water he gives to us is more than just anointing but it is the two dimensions of the Spirit that is flowing in us. The Spirit of Christ and the Holy Spirit. He is the promise of the Father. We need to discover what this clean water is all about. God is so confident in depositing so much into our lives. We will be put to shame that we have been putting all the wrong things into our lives. God is so kind by putting so much into us. We will be confounded.
John 4:13 Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, 14 "but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the
water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life."
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The thirst is the tap that release the flow from inside and the fountains of the great deep will burst open. Jesus came to create space for God to live in our lives. Sin has blocked God out of the way until every intents of men’s thinking was evil and corrupt to such an extent to shift God out. When Jesus came down He came as a human body. This Samaritan had no man to protect her even though there were six men in her life. Eve did not have Adam protect her in Eden. This woman was frustrated and Jesus was about to give her a new foundation. The water is going to go deeper and deeper until it hits the foundation of Christ. The water must go deeper and hit that rock on the inside so that water can come forth. That is why God speaks to us everyday so that it will hit that rock inside of us. Now the water is given only by demand. It is when we draw then water taken and given but we need to come to the point that it will still flow. God do not want us to just have a well but a river that has many streams and grow to become rivers out of all the streams. Christ is our foundation which is inside. So when we are born again we have the foundation of Christ. Paul said that he travails until Christ is formed in us. The fountains of the deep must burst open . The word that come into us must reach the rock inside so that water can flow.
Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the
seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. The full capacity in us must burst open. There no such thing as a double portion of anointing. If what is inside you cracks open then God will crown it. What we release God will top it up.
Ezekiel 36:22-38 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.
God has chosen us to display Himself. We are created so that His glory can be displayed. God is going to use the water to cleanse us so that the filthiness will not be on us. The past and cares of this world will not be upon us. God is going to put a new spirit in us which is the Spirit of Christ so that our hearts will be like a king’s heart that is so fluid in the hands of God. It can take any shape as the Lord’s wants. We are kings and priest to bring sacrifice so that worship can flow. Ask God even more and increase their men and number. He wants more of the same so that He can work on them to represent Him. God is giving us a new spirit and the Holy Spirit.
Romans 8:9 But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His. The Spirit of God is the Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Christ is the Spirit of Christ.
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Acts 16:6 Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia.7 After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them.
Here we see the Spirit of Christ and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will counsel your spirit. Our spirit will be recreated after the Spirit of Jesus. It is in the image and the like of Jesus the son. Adam was only a created son but not an obedient son. Adam could have obeyed and become a begotten son.
Luke 3:37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of
Mahalalel, the son of Cainan,38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. The son of God here is the dimension Adam could have attain to into sonship.
Ephesians 1:4 just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we
should be holy and without blame before Him in love, 5 having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
When Adam sin time came in but God had predestined him come into adoption. When Jesus came He became the sacrificial lamb. The spirit of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. So when Jesus came in physically He came as a lamb and a Son. Jesus did everything according to every prophecy. The whole climax of the Old Testament was fulfilled in Christ. What Adam could not fulfill Jesus brought into fulfillment. Before Adam could produce anything God already chose us in Christ. He saw 4000 years of history and all could have happen, He saw that the ‘Adamic’ nature could come to an end. Jesus the last Adam came to bring to an end everything that the ‘Adamic’ nature was. The old man must die and a new creation must rise. Instead of a garden He now use Israel, Galilee. He use the 12 disciples to extend and expand. First He chose the garden of Eden then He chose the nation of Israel to go to all the nations of the world. God was ready to give men His heart. David after the heart of God. God still raise Godly men from the ‘Adamic’ nature and everyone was pointing to Christ. He was the son of David; the son of Abraham. God weaved Himself through history and won. He has ordained a certain path and you will be protected when you walk that way. Even before Adam could start, God already started.
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all
living.21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.22 Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever" -
Then God said, “Let there be light in the future but there was light in the past.” God do not want us to be confuse but everything we see we see in Christ.
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Behold one of us have to become like men so that men can become like One of Us. Jesus had to come into the history of man and lead man out. He became a model for new creation. God gave one third of Himself so that He can fill us with the other two thirds. What we carry is the eternal weight of the glory of God. We are the carriers of His word, His grace and His glory.
Session 20-‐20th August. People look for titles because they do not know what they carry. The title you carry will be tested if you carry it to identify you. Be found to represent God in every way and do not run after recognition through titles and position. Recreated By the Spirit of Christ.
Ezekiel 36:25 "Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will
cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 26 "I will give you a new
heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 "I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 28 "Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God. This is the foundation we need to have and that is the Spirit of Christ and the Holy Spirit. He will change our spirit. In that new heart you will have a new spirit and upon that new spirit you will have the Holy Spirit. We have been conceive in sin so sin nature is in us. God is going to take away what is destructive in our lives and give us life. Heart of stone means that which is dead but the heart of flesh means living heart. A heart of stone God cannot breathe into it so it cannot live. God can be upon you but He cannot live in you. A heart of flesh God can breathe upon it and make us as living stone to be built into a spiritual house. Adam became a living soul.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. Man was made out of the earth. He has the spirit of God in Him. Life was in his soul and in his mind. All that he has is just a soul. Life and control was in his soul and he cannot do many things. There is a sin nature in charge but thanks be to God who sets me free from the law of sin and shame. When man chose to walk away from God then his spirit was contaminated. The second Adam was the life giving spirit.
2Ptere 3:1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up
your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the
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apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this first: that scoffers will come in the last days, walking according to their own lusts, 4 and saying, "Where is the promise of
His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of creation." 1. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit when Mary received the word. 2. The Holy Spirit was already upon Him when He was in the womb. 3. When Mary spoke the word and greeted Elizabeth, Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit and John in the womb was also filled with the Holy Spirit. 4. At the baptism of John, Jesus received the Spirit without measure.
John 3:34 "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
John 1:32 And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.
In the next three and a half years He ministers in the fullness of the Holy Spirit. 5. He became a habitation of God the Father so that the Father could live in him and in us.
Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
Colossians 2:9 For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; 2Corinthians 5:19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to
Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
Acts 2:22 "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know--
God was working through Christ to make things happen. 6. Before Jesus was crucified, the Father and the Holy Spirit left because only one could take that place.
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Jesus was forsaken so that we do not have to say that again. This was the beginning of God bringing men back to Himself.
Mathewt 27:42 "He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him. Marthew 15:25 Now it was the third hour, and they crucified Him. Mark 15:33 Now when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
Mark 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which is translated, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?"
Ninth hour is the evening sacrifice. For six hours He was on the cross but death could not take him. On the sixth hour He became the sacrifice and the ninth hour He said, ‘My God, My God why have you forsaken Me?” 7. Adam gave access into sin creating sickness. disease, and the curse. God condemn sin in the body of Jesus.
Romans 8:3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the
flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, The law cannot take out sin nature, it could only punish you. Sin is inside your spirit. What the law could not do God did. The law was needed until Christ came. Law was to discover sin so that sin can be prevented from manifesting. 8. Jesus made it possible for the CSP (Calvary software package disk) to be reinstated back into us. •
He cut off the effects of the influence and effects of the first Adam sin so that your soul can now respond to the Holy Spirit.
9. When He died He yielded His spirit unto God the Father.
Mark 15:27 With Him they also crucified two robbers, one on His right and the other on His left.
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Matthew 27:50 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit.
Luke 23:46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.'" Having said this, He breathed His last. •
He breathe His last and commended His Spirit to the Father. He commended His Spirit to the Father and His Spirit went to paradise. His body was in the tomb of Joseph.
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise." 44 Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was
darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 45 Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two. 46 And when Jesus had cried out with a loud voice, He said, "Father, 'into Your hands I commit My spirit.'" Having said this, He breathed His last. The cross was the end as well as the beginning.
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The three days and three nights in Sheol.
1Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, 19 by whom also He went and preached to the spirits in prison, This is where we call paradise and the saints were there. •
This is another area He needed to go to was Hades. Paradise is above and Hades is below. He went to Paradise and passes through Hades. Those in Hades cannot be save. The word preach requires a respond but that word should be proclaim or declare which do not require response.
Tartarus-‐the prison house of fallen angels. Hades-‐place where the unbelievers are.
Session 21-‐20th August. These fallen angels are day since the day of Noah who came to contaminate the seed of the woman. They knew that the seed of the woman will destroy the seed of the serpent. They disrobe themselves and became demons to possess men filling them with the spirit of lust to go into women out of wedlock so that abnormality to human came about and so there were giants.
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Jude 1:5 But I want to remind you, though you once knew this, that the Lord,
having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those
who did not believe. 6 And the angels who did not keep their proper domain, but left their own abode, He has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness for the judgment of the great day; 7 as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities
around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
Those who left their spiritual domain and disrobed themselves. Now sin has already allow the entrance of spirits. Before long not only sin was crouching at the door but demonic spirits were also crouching at the door. (Gen 6) shows us the real issue in the days of Noah. •
Than Jesus went into the bottomless pit or Abyss.
Revelation 9:1 Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit. 2 And he
opened the bottomless pit, and smoke arose out of the pit like the smoke of a great furnace. So the sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke of the pit.
Revelation 20:1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key
to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
This is where the HQ of Satan is. It is in the Spirit that Jesus that He met Satan and took the key of life and death from Satan. What Adam had given Jesus took it back. That is why we have nothing to do with devils.
Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. If Jesus has ALL power and authority then the devil has nothing. He taken back all that Adam gave to the enemy. 11. Jesus first rose as a spirit being and then as a physical resurrected being.
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Romans 6:4 Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death,
that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
The body of Jesus is in the tomb but the spirit of Jesus is alive, justified, vindicated and resurrected touches that body and at the twinkling of an eye the mortal body becomes an immortal body, the perishable body became an imperishable body and He was physically resurrected.
John 20:17 Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended
to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.'" This is now the physical Jesus resurrected. He needed to go back to heaven to cleanse the heaven. In Christ all things are made new. The people in Paradise came out in transit.
Matthew 27:52 and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the graves after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.
They appeared and walk the streets. When resurrection power came into the city the whole atmosphere was saturated with supernatural grace. Jesus went back to heaven to cleanse the mercy seat and God approves of what Jesus had done, then the Kingdom is ready to come down. The Holy Spirit is now ready to come.
Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, "Now salvation,
and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the
Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. 12 "Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time."
This is going to happen in the future but some has already happened. Satan will be cast down to the earth. The heavenlies is the place where demonic forces are still there. God is going to press him until we can rid of Him.
12. John 20:20 When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21 So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." 22 And
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when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Receive this to receive the Holy Spirit. Jesus breathe on them his spirit. The spirit of Jesus touches the spirit of the disciples, takes away the old nature and places the image and the likeness of Jesus Himself. Now our spirit has the same capacity of Jesus. Now that Christ that took the keys from Satan is in us. The same victorious Spirit of Jesus is living in us. Everything that Jesus did in now living is us. So the same thing that Jesus did we can also do. In the Spirit we can know all that has happened. Now we see ourselves in Christ.
Session 22-‐20th August.
Empowered By the Holy Spirit.
Matthew 3:11 "I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you
with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 "His winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. 14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying,
"I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?" 15 But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all
righteousness." Then he allowed Him. 16 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. 17 And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
Matthew 4:1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
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John 1:31 "I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water." 32 And John bore witness, saying, "I saw the Spirit
descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. 33 "I did not know
Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' 34 "And I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God."
Our spirit is born again by the Spirit. The Holy Spirit is called the promise of the Father. Every promise of God can only be fulfilled and a reality when you know how to work with the Holy Spirit. Not by might nor by power but by the Spirit of the Lord.
The fullness of the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
Acts2:1-4 When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty
wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 Then there appeared to
them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
1. When I’m baptized in the Holy Spirit it is a clear indication that Jesus is exalted to the right hand of God.
Acts 2:34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."' •
It confirms the position of Christ in our lives. The Father has approved everything that Jesus has done on the earth. We under the government of Him. We are operating under the government of that throne.
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He is made Lord. There is the throne over us. Pray in the Holy Ghost and bring yourself under His throne.
2. You have the evidence of speaking in an unknown language that will tune your spirit to the frequency of heaven giving you the authority to unlock hearts. •
We need to mature the language of tongues. Use the gift until it becomes a language. We build ourselves up in the most holy faith.
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Jude 1:20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And on some have
compassion, making a distinction; 23 but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh. •
You need to use tongues until you become strong in the Spirit and you become more and more tune to the frequency of heavens. Tongues is not use to fill up gaps when we do not know what to do. Tongues is use to build in the Spirit so that you can touch the people around us.
3. The Holy Spirit can connect generations together and give to each generation their portion.
Acts 2:38 Then Peter said to them, "Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 "For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are afar off, as many as the Lord our God will call." •
He will touch everybody according to their own level. We can touch Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We have to put all the generations together in the house.
1Corinthians 12:11 But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills. •
We need to grow into the baptism of the Holy Spirit. If we are then we will be walking into all these three points. There is always any measure to bring you to another level.
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We have been so happy that we speak in tongues and I cannot assume that we have the baptism of the Holy Spirit. If we do we can change the world.
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We will be able to touch lives at all strata of society. We will be able to connect with people. We need to be filled with the Holy Spirit again and again until we are filled. We need to so immersed and submerged.
4. When you become baptized in the Holy Spirit you have access to the word of God and the oracles of God.
Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. •
They spoke what God was speaking. They have the ability to hear to spoke as God would speak. We will see the demonstration of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
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What they spoke became the materiel. All the leaders must take the oracles of God and teach them. When it comes to feeding the people we have to feed them with what God is saying in the house.
5. When I’m baptized in the Holy Spirit I am able to discern all other spirit operation.
Acts 8:14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria
had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.
16 For as yet He had fallen upon none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 And when Simon saw that through the laying on of
the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, 19 saying, "Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive
the Holy Spirit." 20 But Peter said to him, "Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! 21
"You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in
the sight of God. 22 "Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God
if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 "For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity." •
Human spirits, angelic spirits, demonic spirits and God’s Spirit. Peter saw what was in Simon while Philip could not discern.
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Not only did Peter deal with the issue but he exposes Simon. He had the ability to see the core problem and not just the external. You will be able to see in the heart.
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In the case of Ananias and Saphira, Peter discerned and exposed the work of the devil in their lives.
2Corinthians 4:2 But we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness nor handling the word of God deceitfully, but by
manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
When you have this ministry and begin to speak, God will commend you to the conscience of men so that they will know what you say is true. God recommend you to their conscience and straight to their heart. You cannot compromise the word in anyway.
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6. When you are baptized in the Holy Spirit you can multiply the cycle of your life into others. Acts 10:44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who heard the word. 45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. •
You can cause a chain reaction as what is happening to you. The same dimension you have others will have. Everywhere you speak, it will multiply.
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Having the ability to impart the same experience. Others can come into the same experience. Like a welder’s torch that is able to cut through metal when the fire is there.
7. When you are truly baptized in the Holy Spirit you are able to identify the purpose of God and the things needed to be done in their correct time. Acts11:28 Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar. 29 Then the disciples, each according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judea. 30 This they also did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. •
They already knew what to do before the famine came.
Acts 11:24 For he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord. 25 Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to seek Saul. •
You will know what to do on time. You need to identify yourself that you need to speak more and more in tongue until you develop it.
Acts 10:38 "how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power,
who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.
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God lavishly poured on Him the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was upon Him like a garment. Wrap us around. It is not just an anointing for ministry. It is the same way with the over shadowing of Mary. She did not conceive by the natural but by the power of the Holy Spirit. When His mantle comes we will go about doing good. The wrapping of the mantle is to be carried by the Holy Spirit where ever He wants to go.
Session 23-‐21st August. We have to replenish life internally. We must be a picture of health all the time. Do not just cruise along.
8. When we receive power from on high the Holy Spirit can carry us back in time. Ac 1:8 "But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." •
You are eye witnesses. The Holy Spirit shows you what He did so that you can be a witness. The eyes of our understanding can be enlightened.
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We can search out things that are hidden. The Holy Spirit reveals to us first hand. That was why they could take out the old Torah and explained it to make it plain. You will be able to interpret all the past. What you cannot see and understand you cannot be a witness to it.
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Peter could explain what the prophet Joel said in the Old Testament. The villagers came and not only believe what the Samaritan woman had said but now they heard for themselves.
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If there are things in our lives and be a witness then we will adulterate the word of God. We will not be truthful but we stand as witness for self agendas. They testified of their own life that overcame the enemy.
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The baptism of the Holy Spirit make us a true witness because we are eye witness to it.
9. The true baptism of the Holy Spirit releases the prophetic dimensions into your life which become transferable to our sons and daughters.
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Do not listen to the inadequate teachings of men that turned the day of Pentecost to a Pentecostal denomination at Azusa Street. This is the different between Azusa Street and the days of Acts.
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Everyone who is baptized in the Holy Spirit will have the prophetic grace on them that they will hear the voice of God. Acts 19 shows that when they were baptized in the Holy Spirit they began to speak in tongues and prophecy.
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We cannot bring the experiences in the days of Acts down to our standard but we have to pull the people up that standard. God’s standard is one without any prejudice. Whoever is connected to you will be blessed with the same spirit dimensions. What we carry can be poured out to them. God breaks down every barrier in the house. The prophetic dimensions are vision, dreams and prophecies. All kind of manifestations that they have a powerful voice that God will answer them; they have the response of heaven.
Acts 2:17 'And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream
dreams. 18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; And they shall prophesy. 19 I will show wonders in heaven above And signs in the earth beneath: Blood and fire and vapor of
smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the LORD. 21 And it shall come to pass That whoever calls on the name of the LORD Shall be saved.'
10. When you received the true baptism of the Holy Spirit you become enlisted by the Father to bring every enemy in total subjection to the Lord Jesus Christ. •
You just shoot on sight without hesitation. Jesus went about doing good.
1John 3:8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.
Acts 2:34 "For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself: 'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, 35 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."'
It establishes the Lordship of Jesus Christ. There is change.
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11. Heaven is open and it is possible to keep pace with what is happening in the heavens.
Acts 7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said,
"Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" •
Stephen could see and know what is happening in the heavens. And keep pace with it. Whatever heaven is doing you will know and stay with it.
12.You the stronger man are sent to unlock cities.
Acts 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise and go
toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to
Gaza." This is desert. 27 So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,
Acts 8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea. •
Gaza –strong was defeated where Samson was captured. Gath –defyment and Azotus was Ashdod means defilement.. Gath was where Goliath was and Ashdod was where the ark of covenant was captured. Joshua conquered all the land except these three lands.
13. When you are truly baptized in the Holy Spirit your body becomes the temple of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 13:2 As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called
them." 3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
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Be careful who leads you.
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Luke 4:1 Then Jesus, being filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 5 Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 9 Then he
brought Him to Jerusalem, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here.
14 Then Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee, and news of Him went out through all the surrounding region.
V1 & 14-‐ Led by the Holy Spirit and Jesus followed. V5 & 9-‐Led by the devil but Jesus did not follow. Do not be led by any other, other than your own leaders.
Session 24-‐21st August. Redesigning the Worship Dimension In the Church.
1. Create an atmosphere of God consciousness in every service. •
Our major emphasis is not music, personalities, style or songs but it is the consciousness of God.
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The team need to learn to create God consciousness more than the technical skills. People change when they know that God is present in the midst of us.
2. We must saturate the team with the Spirit of prayer and worship so that they can become carriers before they can become proclaimers. •
They must gel together so well with prayers and worship before they can proclaim. It is easy to project the self with words rather than to proclaim with life.
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Anyone can just be ignited with the spirit of prayer just by a few words. Some pray with so many words that they divert with long winded prayers.
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Some are so weak in their spirit that it does not match but passion must match up. The people must be saturated with prayer. We need those who minister out of fullness that anytime we can be on fire.
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Because the Levites failed to carry the ark, Uzzah died. The worship team must be responsible to carry the ark well. Consecration of every individual for corporate transformation.
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The worship team must be praying together. When the team praying the leader will know how much fire power there is for that week.
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All must learn to prophecy and not just play well. The older ones need to show the younger ones how to do it. They must know how to prophecy words of encouragement.
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Hear from heaven and make declaration and people must come into it. Musicians must come into it. The singers must enter into it.
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You cannot be dull. When you sing a song there is an inspiration and spirit resonance in it. When you push your spirit in your voice the atmosphere will change. The words spoken must be spirit and life. Learn to prophecy at home.
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Prophecy clearly and strong. Not just speed and roller coaster rides but the people must be able to hear and be inspired.
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Do not prophecy too much but strong. Hit to the point and do not repeat. Do not prophecy what others have prophecy!
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It is not how well you can sing but how strong the prophetic is. Some have lazy voice and no inspiration to it. Do not use singing voice…up and down. Do not deliver prophecy like you deliver singing. Prophetic songs are different. Do not deliver with musical voice. Give it raw!
4. Develop new chord progression for spontaneous flow for the language of tongues. •
Sometimes the musicians are not able to change fast enough but others can do it faster. Someone in the team must break the pack and take us higher.
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New chord progression and spontaneous worship releases the spirit of the people to go higher.
5. The song leader must major on prophetic exaltation in order to inspire people with your voice. •
You have to be a good motivational person. People who can be inspired and inspire others.
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Inspirational people always give you a lift and not necessary be making sense or intellectual. Do not have to read the Bible but just quote it of hand and inspire them.
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The song leader must be inspirational and do not act as who you are. Do not be one that is always praying or preaching immediately after every song. You only pray to lift it higher. Do not be set as a habit or system. Break the old pattern. Use the songs well.
6. You got to write and sing songs that earth the proceeding word of the season in the church. •
Songs that will bring heaven down into your church. Songs that will bring the proceeding word of God.
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Do not just write and sing songs to a cultural flavor but songs that will burn in the heart. It is more than just the words and message in the songs but it is the fire power behind the songs that counts. We are not selling words but igniting fire.
7. Enhance the skills of each individual in the team by playing together regularly so that each one will know their specific contribution towards the team. •
First you need to polish your skill and come with their best. Everyone must practice in their own time to enhance each other. Nobody should pull back and have their own worship. Everyone is contributing their best quota or to over ride and over powering everybody else.
Session 25-‐21st August.
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Atmospheres That Inspire Spirit Movement.
1. The atmosphere we create must saturate the whole house. •
We must worship God in such a way that the atmosphere is saturated with the Presence of God so that we can say, “This is the air I breathe.”
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We got to use words to speak in such a way that air becomes an atmosphere conducive. The building has air but not atmosphere but as you speak you create an atmosphere.
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People change under atmosphere. Words are important to charge the atmosphere. Words are spirit and it can saturate the house.
2. Every individual must be impacted in the Spirit. •
The individual must first be energized with the Spirit so that every person can be inspired and saturated with the life of the Spirit. When we sing do not just aspire for spirit movements but it will hit the spirit of men.
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Sometimes you feel that something could have happen but it did not because the hearts of the people are not impacted.
3. We must function in such a way that the atmosphere outside the building is impacted. •
This is something that will happen. God is not hiding things from us but it will happen. Do not take these things likely. This is for strategy and plan to take place.
Acts 19:9 But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of
the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. 10 And this continued for
two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
When you clean the house internally then those outside will be impacted. When that begin to happen that create a platform of ministry to touch the society outside the fur walls. •
We have to worship in such a way until we can inspire spirit movement beyond the four walls of the church.
4. There is always a primary source in which God initiates in order to create the move.
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Philip into Samaria; Nicholas at Antioch; Paul in Asia…and others. God will always use somebody to change the atmosphere. Sometimes one of the singers; song or musician maybe the reason for the saturation.
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Pick up the source and build on that which cause the atmosphere to change. Certain songs, tempo, beats, rhythm …can create an inspiration in the atmosphere. When that happens, stay with it.
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When you are lost, look for the river because the river know where it is going. The river of the Holy Spirit is always flowing somewhere. Sometimes as a worship leader we may not have everything but one among the team may have the answer.
5. In order for us to create atmospheres there must be honorable relationships of accountability among the team.
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The moment relationships are breaking down, the atmosphere will go down.
Ephesians 4:15 but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into
Him who is the head--Christ-- 16 from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by
which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. •
When the worship leader is in charge, he is in charge. He must be given the place of honor.
The seven sons of Sceva only wanted to connect with methodology but not with relationship of the fathers want legacy transfer. Honorable relationship will always hold the team together. 6. The dynamics and spiritual atmosphere in the church and within the lives of its people will flush out the powers of darkness because the atmosphere has changed.
Acts 19:18 And many who had believed came confessing and telling their deeds.
19 Also, many of those who had practiced magic brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted up the value of them, and it totaled fifty thousand pieces of silver.20 So the word of the Lord grew mightily and prevailed.
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Satanic powers can no longer operate in an atmosphere saturated with God. What you do in the church will change the atmosphere and they will come to where the power of change is coming from.
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If the church do not have those dynamics and the person comes in who carry demonic influences can topple the church. The church must protect itself with the saturation of God.
7. We must live a life yielded to the Holy Spirit to become a catalyst to a fresh move and entire regions will open up. •
If we do have a yielded life we do not know when the vision comes. If we are yielded then when it comes the whole region can be taken because there will be people standing with us.
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We are not pushing anything but when we are yielded then things will happen and atmospheres will change. Not just your church; not just the city but regions will change.
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