Proverbs 13:22 tells us that the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. Wealth is not to be for the devil. There is power in money. God gives us the power to get wealth. Jesus became poor so that we can become rich. Jesus had a treasurer to handle His and the disciples’ money. The disciples were former businessmen and tax collectors. The grace that God gives us is so that we can glorify Him. God gave Jacob the grace to become exceedingly prosperous by a wealth transfer. The glorious church means loaded down with loot. Three things of a glorious church: 1) There will be signs and wonders (and the fear of the Lord will be brought back.) 2) The church will be holy and reveal God’s character. 3) The church will be prospering and growing in health. The restoration of all things shows the kingdom of God. When the Egyptians gave the Israelites gold, silver, and jewelry, they were paying back what the Israelites should have received for their honest labor. God daily loads us with benefits. Other Scriptures: Ecclesiastes 2:26; Job 27:16-17; Exodus 3:20-22; Exodus 12:35-36; Psalm 105:37-38; Deuteronomy 6:10-12; Deuteronomy 8:18; 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Genesis 30:43-31:1; Genesis 45:13; Haggai 2:6; Ephesians 5:27; Acts 1:6-7; Acts 3:21; James 5:1-8; Psalm 68:19.
Prosperity
Prayer
Cyrus was commissioned to build the house of God (Ezra 1:1-5). Jeremiah prophesied that the Israelites would be in captivity for 70 years. You may never see what you are praying for. Raise someone else up who will fulfill what the Lord spoke to you. Believe that God will stir up the heart of a heathen king today. Go or help someone else to go. It doesn’t have to be far away. We need God to stir up people to go and to give (Ezra 1). In Ezra 2 and 3, the controlling-spirited crowd discouraged the people who were to rebuild. In Ezra chapter 5, Haggai and Zechariah prophesied to strengthen the rebuilders, and Zerubbabel and Jeshua began to rebuild. Ministry is work. We do it, not by might, nor by power, but by God’s Spirit (Zechariah 4:6). Purpose to be a finisher. Don’t do things by comparison, but do what God tells you to do. There may be mountains standing in your way (Zechariah 4:7). Speak to them.
Discipleship
We are here to make disciples, which is kingdom business. We are to transform the world. Pass the baton, so the kingdom continues. Mark 16:15-18 says that we are to demonstrate and teach the kingdom. Go, because we love people. Preach the Gospel at all times. Wherever you are is a revival center. Who are you training to take your place? Discipleship is about growing and multiplying the work. If a ministry isn’t growing, it isn’t discipling people. Demonstrate the kingdom: cast out demons, speak in tongues. Teach people how to flow with the Holy Spirit. Take time to learn, submit to leadership and one another, and do everything so you know what your calling is. You are not responsible for what your disciple does, but model to him. We are not settlers, but doers. Send out with power and authority and be willing to go. Vision gives direction.
Prosperity
Text: 2 Corinthians 9:8. God wants us to prosper. He is able to make all grace abound toward you that you will have an abundance to share with others. Ecclesiastes 2:26 and James 5:3 refer to the transfer of wealth from the ungodly to the righteous. Other Scriptures: Proverbs 3:10-16; Proverbs 10:22; Malachi 3:7-10; Ephesians 4:28; Acts 24; Genesis 12:2-3; Psalm 35:27; Proverbs 13:22; Isaiah 53:12; 2 Corinthians 8:9; Ecclesiastes 9:13-16. God wants you to be willing to give. Reasons to be blessed: #1 To bring our tithes and offerings into the church. #2 To meet or bring supply into His storehouse. #3 To pay our taxes and government. #4 To take care of your family. #5 To take care of your parents. #6 To help the poor. #7 To have some clout. Can you imagine you are so blessed that you can pay someone’s mortgage?
Working With the Prophetic Word
1 Timothy 1. There is a season of releasing things. Sometimes you feel like you are sitting on eggs until they hatch. Giving God control is about trusting and submitting. When releasing a word to a person, make sure that the person is ready to hear what you have to say. Prophecy is what is in the heart of God. You can’t compare your faith with others’. Live out your life in relationship, not in your gifting, and don’t get so busy that you forget your faith. There are prophetic visions, dreams, and words in you. Are you practically doing all you can in that? Sometimes you have to let go in order to step into what He has called you to. Get rid of rejection, shame, and pain. Romans 4:14-16. There’s a level of faith that comes. We prophesy in part, and then we get into God’s presence. There’s a period of separation and preparation. God’s Word is a seed and will prosper in your heart if you allow it. Deal with the weeds. If you are getting into confusion it will not come to pass. God wants to use everyone. If you do not do what to do you know to do, you will be stuck.
Fulfill God’s Will for Your Life
Texts: Acts 26:13; Colossians 4:17. Every manifestation of the Spirit is for a purpose. You will be judged for what God has called you to do. Determine the will of God and then pursue that. Doing God’s will is about the ministry you have received, not the one you achieved. What have you received from the Lord? #1 You have received opportunities that God brings to your life. #2 You have received a place. Start out at your “Jerusalem”, and at some point God may send you other places and then back home again. #3 You have received a people. Be faithful to the people God has given to you. #4 God will give you projects. Do not preach the Gospel to raise money. #5 God will require you to be the provider of money, wisdom, etc., to others. (There were prophetic words and individual ministry.)
The Nature of the Church
The church’s beginning is in Genesis 1:26-28 when God created man (mankind is plural) and He created them male and female. Real unity with two or three is more powerful than the idea of unity in a large group. In 1 Peter 3:6-7 God tells about husbands and wives and the marriage covenant. Prayer between a husband and wife is powerful. In Ephesians 3:14-15 Paul prayed for the whole family of Christ to have a revelation of the love of God. Ephesians 5:21-30 tells the husband to love his wife as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her. Jesus laid down His life for the church. Are we decreasing in our love for the church? Today there is as much disregard for the church as there is for the family. No matter what your brother does, he is still your brother. Love the church. Make your family better. Christ sanctifies and cleanses the church with the washing of the water by the word. He nourishes and cherishes the church. A husband and wife become one like Christ and God are one. The Christians in the early church ran to their own company (Acts 4:18). We are to make disciples, which is work. Influence others. We are all one family.
The Nature of the Church
The church’s beginning is in Genesis 1:26-28 when God created man (mankind is plural) and He created them male and female. Real unity with two or three is more powerful than the idea of unity in a large group. In 1 Peter 3:6-7 God tells about husbands and wives and the marriage covenant. Prayer between a husband and wife is powerful. In Ephesians 3:14-15 Paul prayed for the whole family of Christ to have a revelation of the love of God. Ephesians 5:21-30 tells the husband to love his wife as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her. Jesus laid down His life for the church. Are we decreasing in our love for the church? Today there is as much disregard for the church as there is for the family. No matter what your brother does, he is still your brother. Love the church. Make your family better. Christ sanctifies and cleanses the church with the washing of the water by the word. He nourishes and cherishes the church. A husband and wife become one like Christ and God are one. The Christians in the early church ran to their own company (Acts 4:18). We are to make disciples, which is work. Influence others. We are all one family.
Being Led By the Spirit of God
Pastor Sydney, under the direction of the Holy Spirit, had three young men tell about Samuel, Judas Iscariot, and Peter. Each Bible character was called, but each responded differently. Pastor Sydney then read the books of Ephesians, Jude, and Titus. (There was a word given at the beginning of the service.)
God’s Plan of Shalom For You Includes Forgiveness
God has a good plan full of hope and peace for you. God is the author of good things. Peace (shalom) means completeness, soundness, welfare, safety, health, prosperity, tranquility, contentment, and friendship. Isaiah 26 verses 12 and 3 say that God will establish shalom for us. You can be in a crisis on the outside and still have peace on the inside, like Jesus asleep in the boat in the midst of a big storm. Jesus expected His disciples to deal with the storm by speaking peace to it. If you can stand in peace, you can get the victory. If you can’t, then you need to get into the Word. You will get to the point that you can even laugh in the circumstances by keeping your mind on Him. A requirement is forgiveness. In Mark 11:26 we are informed that if we don’t forgive, God can’t forgive us our sins. The blood washes away my sin, but if I refuse to forgive, He can’t forgive us. What do you do about it? You say that you forgive the person and release them. When the thought of that person and your unforgiveness come up, take captive that thought. Thinking on the problem is thinking on the flesh, which is death. Set your mind by the power of the Word and truth, submitting to God’s plan. If we are not walking in forgiveness, we are in darkness. Jesus is light, and if we walk in the light, we walk in love and fellowship with one another, and Jesus’ blood can cleanse us from all sin (1 John 1:5-10). Once we are born-again, we have the power and ability to walk without sin. If we say that we have fellowship with God, but we walk in darkness, we lie. We must be hearers and doers of the Word. We are deceived if we know to walk in the light, but we don’t do it. Judge yourself and examine yourself by the light of the Holy Spirit. If Christ is in you, the flesh is dead! When that memory comes from the “dead man”, tell him to be quiet. Say, “NO! I have forgiven them!” Unforgiveness keeps your prayers from being answered. God’s love is never taken from us, but we separate ourselves from Him by our unforgiveness (Romans 8:9-39). (We received communion after self-examination.)
The Anointing to Flourish
Texts: Psalm 23:1-5; Psalm 92:4-10; 1 John 2:20. God has prepared a table before us in the presence of our enemy (Satan), and He anoints our heads with oil, so that our cup runs over. We have an impartation of anointing that needs to go to others. There is a greater measure of anointing available, through communion in His presence. It’s time to receive a fresh anointing. We carry the anointing. We have the power and authority to take back what Satan has stolen. We as the church need to be doing what God is doing and see and hear with a fresh anointing. There is a shift, and there are many adversaries, but the greater One is in us. Get back to your first love, repent and go to Him so He can anoint you with fresh oil. You can know the strategies of the enemy and can bind and loose, declare and decree. This house must be a house of intercession.
Being People With a Different Spirit
(There was an anointing service for Brian and Jen Rohrer.) We carry the blood and power of Jesus Christ. God wants to do something here. He is a God of increase – in demonstration of love, prayer, intercession, revelation, and manifestation. There are things God wants to release, and we are carriers of revival, but we must seek His face and be quiet to hear and then obey His voice. He is looking for people of a different spirit. Let Jesus plan your day, every day. Your listening should be acted upon. Do you intend to do what you learn in the Word? (Proverbs 16:20) Some people are afraid to put faith to what they say because they don’t think it will happen. You should choose to be faithful, even when you don’t have the feeling. You can choose to seek Him, give your life to Him, be obedient, tithe, forgive, etc. God promised to give the Israelites the Promised Land, but only Caleb and Joshua believed what He said and that they would be able to overtake it. (Numbers 13:1-2, 30; 14:8, 24) Caleb had a different spirit in him. If you don’t operate by the faith that you have, your faith is dead. If you aren’t where you need to be, repent and do the will of God now. Abraham and Sarah had to do their part of the promise. (Romans 4:17-18) You are anointed and have an assignment to reap the harvest, whether by invading schools or government with the Gospel. You are well-able to bring in the harvest and bring change to this country. Psalm 112 tells us that you don’t need to be afraid of evil tidings. Choose to be full of the Holy Spirit. The harvest field is here now. Go into His presence in intercession. Obey the voice of the Lord and blessings will overtake you. (Deuteronomy 28:1-2) Know that God loves and takes care of you. Get in alignment to receive. Believe what God has said and have a different spirit, taking Him at His Word. (Prophet Bob gave several words.)
What To Do When Everything Goes Wrong Part 2
We can be strong in the Lord and stand against the wiles of the devil. Isaiah 54:17 tells us that there will be weapons against us but that they will not prosper. Satan seeks whom he can devour. We can get “captured” by ourselves by not listening to and obeying the Holy Spirit. Learn to dodge the next weapon. Every tongue that rises against you, you shall condemn. (Isaiah 54:17) Oppose, not tolerate, negative talk against you. You may have to condemn the words that even loved ones speak or have spoken against you. You have a heritage to break everything built up against you. You can say “NO!” and not let self-judgment cause you to back off. In Luke 13:11-17 a woman had a “spirit of infirmity” assigned against her. A “spirit” is a personality, entity, being. It is alive. She didn’t glorify God when she was crippled over but when she was healed. She was loosed (like a donkey is untied) from the spirit of infirmity which came from Satan. You can know the devil’s there, and still not get paranoid. Don’t look for reasons why something bad is happening to you, but if there’s sin in your life, repent and look to the blood. Then, when God looks at you, He sees the blood. If you stand against the enemy, you need the breastplate of righteousness on you. Romans 8:1 says that there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus. You empower Satan when you say, “What’s wrong with me?” What’s the devil’s “revival”? War. God is for you! You must condemn condemnation. The weapons formed against you are words. There is power in the Word of God. Sin no more. Get the living Jesus in your heart.
What To Do When Everything Goes Wrong Part 1
Proverbs 24:10 says that if you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. When we are weak, we can rely more on God’s strength. If you get weary in a time and in a land of peace, how will you handle the really bad times? (Jeremiah 12:5) We need to get strong in the Lord. MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN CONTACT WITH THE LIVING JESUS! Rather than wondering what others think, want God’s approval. Get right with God by repenting. Drop those sins, even those that seem small. Put on the whole armor of God. (Ephesians 6:10-18) Ask yourself if you are missing a part of the armor, because if you are, you can’t stand against the devil. Where the devil attacks you shows you where you are weak. The devil hates you and wants to kill you. There is a real devil, who has strategies against you in a real war. Be careful to notice the subtle way the devil steals your time away from God. STAND and don’t waver. We stand against the wiles of the devil. We don’t wrestle against people. Some seasons in your life are darker than others. You don’t need to be afraid of the evil day, if you have your armor on. Run to the Word and stand on God’s promises. Your faith should put out the enemy’s darts. Paul’s expansion on the armor of God is really from Isaiah’s teaching in Isaiah 59:14-17. Intercession was tied in with all the pieces of armor. Satan tries to take you out of the role of intercessor. He is afraid you will get into the Spirit. When things go wrong, PRAY MORE. LEAN ON AND FOLLOW THE SPIRIT. TAKE THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT, PRAYING.
Healing By Honoring Jesus and Forgiving
We should hold the Word more valuable than anything else. Those who came to Jesus for healing honored, obeyed, and believed Him. We can be hardened by unbelief. Believing is simple. The Isaiah 53:1-9 account of Jesus’ stripes healing us was written hundreds of years before Jesus came to earth. Matthew 8:16-17 and 1 Peter 2:24 were written when and after Jesus was here. By His stripes we were healed. Jesus suffered in hell to pay the price for us. (Acts 2:25-31) He tasted spiritual death for everyone. (Hebrews 2:9) He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit. (1 Peter 3:18) He not only had the sin of everyone on Him, He had people against Him. When He was being “tried”, He did not open His mouth to answer their accusations. To be forgiven, we must forgive. It is not a “tack on” to His instruction to make prayer work, but it is actually the condition for it to work. (Matthew 6:9-15) Unforgiveness places you under the curse of the law, even though Jesus took the curse for us, and we are redeemed through His blood. (Galatians 3:13) We must forgive in order to be healed. Forgiveness is a choice to release the other person. Go to the person privately; bind the evil spirit; loose the plan of God. (Matthew 18:15-20) Be quick to repent when you sin. (Matthew 5:23-24). Faith does not work if you’re in unforgiveness. (Mark 11:20-26) If you are blaming God, you must forgive Him, even though He did nothing wrong. Jesus took all injustices upon Himself. What did Jesus say on the cross? “Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.” For Him to stay in faith, He had to forgive those who were killing Him. (Luke 23:32-46) He died in faith and forgiveness. He paid the price for our sin and sicknesses.
What Is Our Foundation About?
Psalm 11:2-3 asks what the righteous are to do if the foundations are destroyed when the enemy attacks. In 1 Corinthians 3:11 we are told that our foundation is in Jesus Christ. One of the foundations in Jesus Christ is found in John 15:9, 12-13. Here He tells us to love one another as He loved us. How did He love us? He laid down His life for us. If you are not willing to die for someone, you do not care. We are from heaven’s culture. Do we know how much God loves us? Do we really care what God has in His heart? We need God’s heart. No curse will enter through His foundation. Our foundation is Jesus and when we give our lives for people, our foundation will stand.
Receiving Your Healing
We are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory. (2 Corinthians 3:18) The unseen realm is eternal and more real than the physical world. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18) Where there is no vision or revelation, the people perish. (Proverbs 29:18) We need to see things as God sees them. Light and revelation are the differences between the sick and the healed. To receive from God, you can’t be just waiting for God. He is waiting for us. Also, you can’t be thinking that it’s going to take a long time to be healed. God heals those who “have their motors running and are percolating and are like fizzy sodas”. In order to receive your healing, you must believe, conceive, and then receive. To conceive your healing, you must see yourself healed. Then you can receive the power of God. (1 Corinthians 2:5; Mark 11:20-24) Jesus had faith in the power of God to back up His Word. The power of God manifests the Word of God. Healing is from the same Jesus, power, and anointing that you received for salvation, being baptized in the Holy Spirit, and being delivered. You can have instant results if you have faith for instant results. Raise your level of expectation, because greater is the power of God.
Don’t Settle for Less Than God’s Best
Romans 8:29 says that God foreknew and predestined us to be conformed to the image of His Son. Ron tells of his life, which started out by his mother being raped followed by his being greatly harmed by a botched delivery. God’s plan for Ron was for him to live miraculously. Don’t settle for a healing when you can get a new body part from God. In order to receive, you must have God’s image of yourself. Religion tells you to stop sinning. Instead of trying not to do something you shouldn’t be doing, do what you should be doing, and you won’t do the “don’t”. When God tells you to do something, His grace is there. Step into the ability to do what you are to do. Instead of trying to put off something, put on health and freedom from pain. Do the “do”, and you can resist the “don’t”. If you have bad habits, take on new good habits. Get God’s image of you. Joshua 1:8 tells you to put the Word in your mouth, and when you speak it aloud, your inner and outer ear hear it. Speak the Word until you get the revelation of it, and it becomes a reality. Your focus and image must be God. Take a step of obedience, even when you don’t have all the details. When you speak in tongues, you speak the will of God, and you can get God’s plans and the words to speak out. Tongues can prophesy your future in God into existence. Establish a perfect image in God’s eyes of what it means to be in divine health. God is higher than you, and He will not come down to your level but will help you to come up higher. He sends the Holy Spirit to get the Word to you, so that you can get His thoughts and ways. Sow seeds into yourself by speaking out the Word. When you practice reading the Bible, speaking the Word, and praying in tongues, then you can react in God’s way.
Divine Health From the Word in Your Heart
Text: Jeremiah 1:4-5. The spiritual womb and belly are part of your heart, the part of your heart which is the part of your soul that believes God. Your born-again spirit man always agrees with God, but your soul (heart) needs work. You can doubt in your heart, but not your spirit. So how do you get doubt out and faith into your heart? You sow the seed (the Word) into your heart. The Word you sow into yourself creates healing and divine health. We know that as soon as the seed is sown, Satan comes to steal it. (Mark 4:13-15) There is a healing flow, and if we are off even a little bit from where that flow is, we need to make a little adjustment to get into that flow. What comes out of your mouth is important. (Proverbs 18:19-20) The condition of your heart makes a difference, too. If the Word (the seed) is planted in your heart, the Holy Spirit can bring it back to your remembrance. Words create an image. In your heart you must see yourself walking in divine health (prosperity) and get rid of the wrong image. Watch what comes out of your mouth and guard whom you fellowship with and what is spoken into you. Anti-faith is faith that works against your faith in God’s Word. (Matthew 10) You may need to “fast” certain people who steal the Word from you. (2 Timothy 2:15-20) Know the truth and make it yours. Being renewed takes place in the mind of your being. Allow God to enlighten any darkness in your life. (Psalm 18:28) Truth can see into your heart. You get the seed in your inward parts by speaking it and edifying yourself. It takes effort to get God’s Word into you, but that’s how to live in divine health. (Other Scriptures: Psalm 22:9-10; Job 3:11; Genesis 6:5; Matthew 15 and 16; Proverbs 20:27; Psalm 51:6; Proverbs 4:20-24)
Re-Present Jesus: What Did Jesus Say About Himself?
Jesus Say About Himself?” Jesus purchased our healing. There are five (5) common denominators between people like Kenneth Hagin, who received their healings. 1) They stood on the Word in their hearts. 2) The leading of the Holy Spirit led them out of sickness in steps. 3) They were obedient. 4) They acted on their faith. 5) They were persistent. Jesus is our example. What did He say about Himself? He said that through Him the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them. Eighty-three percent of what He did was miracles. He told of his demonstrating Jesus to a witch doctor, who was healed and became born-again, a blind woman who was healed, and a woman who couldn’t feel her legs who was able to walk and feel again. Jesus did not get great results when the people were offended at Him, so He taught the people to increase their faith. (Mark 6:2-5) Go and tell what you see and hear. Brian shared his testimony of being told he would die of cancer and his fight of faith. In order to prosper on the outside, we need to prosper on the inside. (3 John 2) As we get older, we need to contend for the faith. One of the greatest tributes to Jesus is to not settle for less. What does “By His stripes you are healed” mean to you? You can walk in divine health, but not if you conform to this world’s thinking. (Romans 12:2) God’s Word is life, light, and medicine.