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Word for Today:  March 19

On the Way

Soon there will be Fresh and New Mantles of Anointing flowing in the Church; God’s Power will be revealed. His Glory will sweep through the Church and His Presence will be awesome. It will be as it was in the days of Solomon…   the priests and the servants of the Lord will not be able to stand by reason of the cloud for the Glory of the Lord will fill the House of God. (2 Chron 5:14)

New streams of Anointings will flow. Men, women and young people (and even children) will stand boldly to declare “thus saith the Lord” and will not fear the opposition of men or the reproach of the world.  Healing streams. Delivering streams.  Streams of strength and streams of encouragement. Streams of revelation and streams of unction to preach and speak in behalf of God.

Great anointings that will shake cities and towns and villages and communities… all flowing through men and women and children who are yielded to God. Prophetic anointings will operate and discerning anointings will operate. It will be as pure and powerful as that Anointing Peter had when he saw the sin of Ananias and Sapphira that is recorded in the Book of Acts.

Great and awesome anointings of power and supernatural abilities, healings, and miracles will be the atmosphere and the climate of the Restored Church.

Now, we see through a glass “darkly” but soon we will see as God sees.

An awakening is on the way

Word for Today:  March 18

I believe we have missed the point somewhere.

Religion has formed opinions and manufactured definitions of what church is.  I wonder if church is today what it was in the first century?  I wonder if we did today what they did in the first century… would we qualify as ministers…. Or churches… or Christian assemblies?   Would it be acceptable?  Would it fit in our specified scheduled service times?  What would happen?

Perhaps we have become acclimated and accustomed to contemporary activity we call “church” and maybe it is not church at all… at least not church in the sense of the New Testament definition.

Does God wonder what we are doing?  Maybe we should re-evaluate what we do on the Lord’s Day and what happens on Sunday and then compare it with Scripture and see if it is really church or not.

Much of what we call “church” is not church at all.  It may qualify as a “meeting” but it certainly is not “Church.”  Our first question after the services should be “did we have Church?  Or did we just have a meeting.”  Many services in many churches would go right on without the Holy Ghost showing up and many would never know the difference.

• Church is not church if nothing happens.
• Church is not church if shock waves are not sent through hell. (Remember the “gates of hell” thing?
• Church is not church if people in church can sleep right through it.
• Church is not church if it does not engage with God.
• Church is not church when everything is planned and orchestrated by professional religious personnel.
• Church is not church if there is no excitement. No movement.  No action.
• Church is not church if there is no rejoicing.
• Church is not church lives and situations are not changed.

Real Church is radical

Word for Today:  March 17

Meeting with God.

When Moses met God on Sinai, the meeting nearly blew the top of the mountain off.

When Elijah met God on Mt. Carmel, a Fire Storm fell from heaven, licked up trenches filled with water and announced that God answers by Fire.

When Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego met God in the fiery furnace they survived unscathed (through a seven-times-hotter-than-ever furnace) and Jesus came and celebrated with them.

When Solomon met God in the New Temple, the power of God was so great that every priest and every singer and every worshipper could not stand on their feet.

When Jesus the Man met God at Calvary, thunder came and darkness fell and a great earthquake shook all of Jerusalem… even the graves were opened and the dead walked among the living.

When the 120 met God in the upper room, tongues of fire fell, sounds like a howling hurricane blew through the house and they all began to speak in tongues.

When the church in Acts had a prayer meeting the Bible says the place was “shaken.” They encountered God and the encounter was significant.  It was noticed.  Something happened.

When humanity Engages with God…. Something happens.

Something significant.  Something supernatural.

Word for Today: March 16

We are suffering loss because we have allowed loss to happen.

Every defeat and every spiritual set back is the result of our laziness, our ignorance, our stupidity or our rebellion.

satan moves in when he is not resisted.  satan stays when we draw back and let him stay.   satan sets up housekeeping when we give place to him.  satan builds strongholds when we do not fight back.  satan cannot do what he is not allowed to do.

Our spiritual condition is precisely what we have allowed it to become.  We can fuss and cuss about the government about world conditions about immorality and crime and ungodliness… we can criticize and complain but what IS is what we as the Body of Christ have allowed to be.

God has equipped us and supplied us with every effective and offensive weapon to stop the devil and drive out demons and take back what hell has stolen… the problem is we have grown fat and lazy and we have gone to sleep.

And while we slept the enemy came and invaded.  Now it is time to attack.  It is time to declare our independence from the powers of darkness… it is the hour to move into the territory of the devil… to charge the gates of hell and demand a refund.

Just go ahead and do it.

Word for Today:  March 15

satan is fighting.

But he is fighting the God in you.  So he is fighting a can’t-win battle.

he is defying the God Who lives in you.  This is the reason the devil hates you… you are where God is.  When he see you he sees God.  When he sees you coming he thinks God is coming.  He hates God and defies God and is terrified of God.

David realized this in his confrontation with Goliath.  He declared:  “Who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the Living God?”  He did not see a giant.  He saw an opportunity.  He did not say that Goliath was defying the armies of Saul or the armies of Israel… but instead, the armies of the LIVING GOD.

Now, Who is the Champion?  Who is the Stronger One?  Who is the Victorious One?   It is God Who lives in you.  If He wins, you win.  If He can’t lose, you can’t lose.  If He overcomes, you overcome.

If satan is defying the God in you he is also defying the Word of God in you.   The Word has always been the enemy of satan.  The Word busted him and kicked him out of heaven.   The Word “bruised” his head.  The Word keeps him at bay.  The Word continually destroys all his “works.”

Whatever the devil will ever do, can be undone by the Word of God.  Whatever is planned and programmed by the devil can be prevented by the Word of God.

It is the Word that defeats the devil.  satan cannot stand against the Word.  Jesus used the Word on the devil and the devil left Him.  “It is written…” is what Jesus declared to the devil on the mount of temptation.

And he left

Word for Today:  March 14

Be Thankful.

Be filled with Praise.  Because God has done, is doing and will continue to do Great Things.  He is worthy of our praise and He is worthy of our Worship.

The Word declares that we are to be Thankful unto Him and we are to Praise His Name.

• Praise will perfect our faith.
• Praise will under gird our faith.
• Praise will activate our Faith.
• Praise is a demonstration of our Faith.

When we Praise, we believe.  Praise rises out of believing with the heart and all that is within us.  Praise happens when we are confronted with the overwhelming greatness of God.

The rationale behind Praise comes from remembering.  Remembering God’s Intervention and Blessing in the Past….  from experiencing His constant and consistent Presence in the present and from believing and expecting His glorious Promises of things yet to come in the future.

Now, what are we to Praise God for?

Praise Him for what He has done for you….

• He has made you Righteous.
• You are continually being conformed to the Image of Jesus Christ.
• Sin has no control over you.
• The devil is defeated as far as you are concerned.
• You are blessed and prospering.
• Signs, wonders and miracles are for you and for today.
• You are healed, whole, well and not sick.
• The Best is yet to come…. His Glory is yet to be fully revealed in you.
• Heaven is real and Eternal Life is a fact.
• The Best yet to be.

Praise Him

Word for Today:  March 13

The world is in for a shaking.

It is beginning now and it will grow in intensity.  It will be good for those who know how to stand and it will be disastrous for those who are weak, uncommitted and backslidden.

It will help the church… the True Church.  It will reveal the shallowness and the superficiality of the religious bunch.  Heroes are on the way back…

History will be a great stage for the “standers” and the “doers” and the believers.   Change is coming.   Change is happening.  And more change is on the way.

History is convulsing.  Governments have failed.  Leaders have fallen.  Nations have collapsed.  Kings have been dethroned.  But the Church is here and the Church has prevailed…  Just as Jesus said it would!  (Mat 16)

The devil is gearing up for a last-ditch effort to deceive the masses before the Grand and Glorious appearance of Jesus on earth!

Maranatha!

Word for Today:  March 12

Knowing is important.

Jesus wants you to know some things.  That is what Preachers and Churches are here for… to tell you things you need to know.  That is why God has given us His Word.

Many today feel that they know enough.  However, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.  No knowledge is a deadly thing.  I have heard it said that “what you don’t know won’t hurt you…”  That’s right, it won’t hurt you, it will KILL YOU.

My people are destroyed (perish) for lack of knowledge….  (Hosea 4:6)

Limited knowledge will keep you in trouble all the time.  Full knowledge (revelation that is received and acted on) will guide you into truth and keep you out of trouble.   Wisdom is knowledge properly applied.

Jesus told us that we could know the truth and that the truth would make us free (John 8:32).  Do you want to be free?

“Free” is more than a political or human rights issue.   “Free” is more than a constitutional guarantee.  This is a free nation, but millions are still in great bondage. Multitudes are struggling with and being held captive by demonic forces.

“Free” is knowing the truth.

“Free” is acting on the Truth.

“Free” is receiving and living in what Truth promises and provides.

“Free” is doing the Word and living in Word Promises

Word for Today:  March 11

Jesus wants you blessed and free.

He does not want you bound, enslaved or held captive.   Are you free?  You may look free but not be free.  You may talk free but still be bound.  You may act free but still be held captive.

You are the only one (other than God) who really knows if you are free.  Your pastor does not know.  Your neighbors do not know.  Your relatives do not know.  But you know.

• Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?
• Are you tired of being weary and frustrated and defeated?
• Are you ready to be completely released from worry? From anxiety?  From fear?  From depression?
• Do you sincerely want to be delivered and set free from any and all addictions?
• Do you want a break-through? Do you want it today?  In your Finances?  In your Family? In your Job?  In your Marriage.  In your Business?

Do you believe you can trust Jesus to tell you the truth?

Will you trust the Word of God to speak Truth to your heart today?

Will you believe it now?

Will you act on it now?

Will you risk everything you have to gain everything you need now?

Will you?  Today?  Now?

Word for Today:  March 10

• The Word Performs.
• The Word Protects.
• The Word Perfects.
• The Word Works.
• The Word Accomplishes.
• The Word Produces.
• The Word Creates.
• The Word Sustains.
• The Word is Indispensable to the believer.

The Level of Victory you are experiencing is directly proportional to the amount of WORD that is active in your life.  This is a fixed equation.  Only YOU can change it.

• The amount of Healing you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Prosperity you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Peace you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Joy you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Faith you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…
• The amount of Overcoming power you have is equal to the amount of Word that is active in your life…

All redemptive privileges work proportionally to the level of Word that is active in you.

Whatever revelation you have from the Word is what you will have faith to act on and receive.   Revelation is important because this will determine your level of deliverance.

Knowledge is not enough.  Intellect will not do it.  Revelation is imperative to receiving your deliverance and maintaining it.  Your “Perfection” level will never exceed your Word level.

The Word is Truth and Truth makes you free