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believe that god has purpose for today
to be just what you needed you know this
morning as i was waking up i woke up to
hearing this song being sang it was just
like a group of people singing this song
and it’s a song that many of us we know
but the particular part i heard while i
was laying down when it goes god is
fighting for us that he’s pushing back
the darkness lighting up the kingdom
that cannot be shaking and then it says
in the name of jesus the enemy is
defeated and we will shout it out shout
it out i’m talking about this the song
you sing right but i shouldn’t do that
to you today
but what was so powerful this song this
particular these few lines they kept
singing it over and over and over again
it was so beautiful and as i got up the
lord began speaking to me about what is
happening in the lives of so many of his
children but first of all i just want
you to take a moment and i want you to
write down whether you put it in the
comments or you write it in your journal
or you write it in your notes that the
enemy is defeated i want you to embrace
that reality because it’s what it is
it’s the truth at the end of the day the
enemy is defeated and the lord began
speaking to me that many people are
going through um what they would label
as spiritual warfare right there’s a lot
going on that you can’t put your finger
on it there are random things taking
place people are getting sick children
acting up you’re fighting it feels like
you’re in a fight right it feels like
you’re in a fight for your life it feels
like you’re in a fight for your marriage
for your kids it feels like you’re in a
fight for your business it feels like
you’re in a fight for your peace for
your sanity and the lord kept showing me
this image of battle but then that song
was such a reminder that god is fighting
for us he is pushing back the darkness
that yes there is darkness but the lord
is pushing it back and what he began to
teach me and speak to me literally today
i was thinking that this was going to go
a different way but when he started
counseling me about what i need to talk
about on this very day one of the things
that was so beautiful you see in the
bible when jesus was telling the
disciples when he was teaching them how
to pray one of the things that he said
is that your will be done that they
should pray like this that the father’s
will be done in earth as it is in heaven
and the lord began to teach me that for
certain things to take place in earth it
has to first take place in you
you see the battle is already won that’s
a fact the enemy has been defeated but
even his defeat there was a battle that
took place the bible tells us in the
book of revelation that michael angel
michael and his angels those that
rallied behind him they were in a war
against satan and his angels those that
went with him but obviously we know the
story that the angel on the lord’s side
won that battle and satan was cast out
but sometimes i begin to wonder that
maybe you know the fall from heaven to
earth was really long that satan forgot
he’s defeated so sometimes he wants to
try you right but you see a battle
warfare is an opportunity to remind the
devil
that you are defeated maybe you forgot
i’m gonna give that to you that was a
long journey down here and maybe during
that journey you you know you had
short-term memory or something i don’t
know some kind of memory loss right but
i’m gonna remind you that you are
defeated and that is my assignment today
you see there is a way that you can
posture yourself that you become you
become what demands for what god has
already established in heaven that what
is will begin to manifest in your life
will begin to manifest in your
surrounding because you know one of the
things that our pastor
you may have heard him say this but it’s
something that he has taught me and i
and i hold on to that so much because
it’s true and he says this that satan is
not the one bringing the warfare
you are the one bringing the warfare
you see when we think about you know for
those that might be familiar with this
scripture there’s a story right when the
lord sends a man named moses to deliver
the israelites out of egypt and when he
delivers them out of egypt the lord
tells them that hey i’m taking you to a
land filled with milk and honey
basically it’s just it’s a land of you
know endless opportunities to take talk
and i’m joking
but this is a land that was going to be
resourceful this is a land that they
would inhabit that they would raise
their children and this was a land that
they would have no lack this is what the
lord promised them that this land is
already yours he says to them like look
i have given you this land
but you see when the lord said that he
had given it to them it did not mean
that they were not enemies who were
currently inhabiting that land that
there were people who were illegally
possessing what did not belong to them
but when the lord says look i’ve given
it to you so i want you to have the
right mindset about what’s about to take
place you’re going to go back and
reclaim your territory you’re going to
go back and reclaim what is yours so
when the israelites began to make war
against the people who were occupying
what belonged to them who do you think
started the warfare
the israelites did
so what sometimes we call like when we
see ourselves as a victim of warfare
what is actually happening is just the
counter attack of the enemy he says oh
you have woken up right you are no
longer in the sunken place and now you
are realizing who you are in christ do
you know that your yes to jesus is more
impactful that you would ever imagine
that sometimes just your testimony alone
will bring someone out of darkness the
things that god has called you to do the
things he has called you to steward that
this is going to reclaim
territory from the enemy and the only
reason all hell seems to be breaking
loose is not because you are the victim
of warfare but it’s because you are a
threat to the enemy’s kingdom because
you are a threat and he’s recognizing
look i’m not willing to give you what
belongs to you easily and so in order to
weaken your position let me intimidate
you let me let it seem like i’m throwing
things your way that will prosper even
when the bible tells us that no weapon
formed against you shall prosper but let
me see if i can get you to a position
that you will lose your creativity you
will lose your inspiration that you will
lose your what what wakes you up that
what keeps you up sometimes at night not
out of panic but out of joy that god i
cannot wait for the next day because i
get to do this let me see if i can get
you to the place where you will be
discouraged and disappointed and
defeated
because you see when you allow yourself
if you allow yourself rather if you ever
allow yourself to get to the place where
you just feel like you embrace the
identity of being discouraged do you
embrace the identity of being defeated
you are no longer tapped into the flow
of the holy spirit
because when you’re in that space when
you allow this cloud of depression to
take over you you don’t find yourself
being as creative as you once were but
creativity that comes from it comes from
the lord
so if the enemy can try to put you in a
position where he’s like let me just
shut you up from listening to god let me
shut up your testimony rather than you
being someone who talks about the
goodness of god you now begin to
complain and questioning i don’t know if
god is really good and you forget that
there are people listening to what
you’re saying that their lives that are
taking a different route because your
life is no longer going in the direction
that god has ordained it to be
you see life is more than
just things going your way
your yes to god is bigger than all the
things that we call blessings
a blessing the true blessing and the
true essence of being blessed
is living out what god has said about
you
and sometimes that journey is not always
going to be pretty but you see when the
enemy looks at you
and the enemy recognizes
that you are stepping into a place that
will make you a threat to his kingdom it
seems like you’re the victim of warfare
but you’re not you’re actually the one
starting it
you see i came to make sense of some of
the things that might be going on in
your life right now
and you have said this you’ve said it to
some of your friends some of your family
members and you’re like this is not
normal what i’m experiencing doesn’t
feel normal you’re not saying it to the
to the crowd you’re not saying it to the
public but those in your intimate
circles know exactly what this is about
you’re in this space where you just feel
like man i feel like it’s one thing
after the other it’s not one thing after
the other you’re going after what god
has called to your life
you’re going back to reclaimed territory
and i want to read this scripture
there’s a there’s a scripture that that
fascinates me so much right it’s in
ephesians
6 12
and it says this for we wrestle not
against flesh and blood but against
principalities against powers against
the rulers of darkness of this world
against spiritual wickedness in high
places
i mean first of all that’s a lot
okay
but the question is
who must you be
if this is what you’re wrestling up
if you’re wrestling against
principalities
spiritual wickedness in high places
rulers of darkness then who must you be
you see some of you you’re fighting the
wrong battle
you’re thinking that your problem is a
person
you’re thinking that your issue is some
is flesh and blood it comes through
flesh and blood many times but that’s
not your problem
the problem is the spirit
behind the manipulation of someone’s
brokenness and insecurities to get you
out of position
then you’re looking at a person but
behind that person is a spirit
whether they are known to them many
times even unknown to them
because where there is brokenness
whether it’s insecurity whether it’s
unforgiveness whether it’s envy whether
it’s jealousy the enemy knows how to use
that and work his will
and so you think your biggest problems
are individuals but it’s not you’re
wrestling up against something much
greater than that and not even really
greater but just just in this context
you’re looking and you’re thinking oh
that’s the person i just i’m so tired of
you
and god is like you’re you’re going up
against a different battle this is
supposed to weaken your position but do
not allow it
even what comes from people
it is to weaken your position it is to
get you to the place where you begin to
take on the identity of a victim you are
more than a conqueror that is what the
word says about you
you are not a victim
and then you begin to read these
principalities powers rulers of darkness
who must you be
because you are the one that is called
to rule
you are the one that is called to
possess you’re the one that is called to
take territory whatever that might look
like
the lord is what’s showing me there’s
there’s someone you’re you’re a school
teacher
and you just feel like what is going on
i’m just a school teacher you’re more
than that
you’re an influence to those kids that
are under your stewardship
every time you pray for them every time
that you’re seeking the face of god
concerning their lives there are angels
being positioned at their homes because
of your prayers
you’re thinking that what what is it
about me lord i’m just this you know
just everyday school teacher but god
knows who you truly are in the kingdom
in the kingdom you’re a threat
and so when you’re seeing what is coming
up against you i want you to actually
expect it now to expect it does not mean
to surrender to it
but to expect it from the place of no i
started the warfare
it just didn’t come up randomly against
me i started it so i expect for the
enemy to counter attack
because he’s not just trying to give
this up easily no
but when i expect it i recognize this is
the day that i remind you that you are
defeated you see sometimes you just have
to look in the mirror
and just say your name you see i’ll just
say no i am stephanie first of my name
breaker of chains right if you watch
game of thrones
you know what i’m talking about if you
don’t go watch game of thrones okay but
sometimes you have to remember who you
are you have to go in the mirror and
just say you know what my name is
stephanie i’m a child of the most high
god i have authority i have power under
who god has called me to be that when i
call on my daddy he answers who is the
enemy that thinks he can win a battle
that has already been lost
you begin to speak about yourself the
way god sees you and recognize that what
may seem like hell is breaking loose
what may seem like warfare that at the
end of the day god will have the final
say
it may seem like darkness is close to
you but the lord is the one who is going
to step in and push it back and he will
overcome and rest and you would restore
to the kingdom of heaven what has been
taken by the enemy
you see even when it’s when your impact
and your influence might seem to only
affect one individual
you don’t know who that one individual
is going to be in the world
you don’t know if their lives is
connected to influencing and impacting
millions and billions of people on the
earth
you have to recognize
that sometimes warfare is a sign and
it’s
for you to remind yourself who must i be
if the people coming up against me are
principalities and rulers of darkness
and wickedness and all this stuff why is
it the rulers of it
because i’m coming to take territory
because i’m a ruler in the kingdom of
god
you see i want to speak to you about
three things
that will help you to posture yourself
in a manner that your life begins to
demand
manifestation
that your life begins to demand a move
of god like no other when the lord steps
in and he shows himself to be strong and
mighty in battle on your behalf
you see even when the israelites were
fighting different battles there was a
way they had to go about it
and when they did not move in accordance
with what the lord has spoken there were
some things that they lost
because you’re not fighting this in your
strength you’re fighting it in the
lord’s name
and so first of all
my assignment here was to remind you
that the warfare happening in your life
first of all you are not the victim
you are the you are the one initiating
it
because you’re going after things
connected to your name
did you know that when you said yes to
jesus that you became a weapon in the
hands of god
to win back territory to him you became
a weapon your testimony is a weapon your
essence is a weapon your presence is a
weapon the things you would do in his
name is a weapon that everything about
you god said i can breathe on it
and i can use it to shake this world
i can use the very things that you feel
i make that the things that you you you
you feel insecure about god said no i
could use that too because when you said
yes to me you said yes for my power to
be to be revealed through you
you know it’s so crazy right
one of the things i used to be so
insecure about was my voice the sound of
my voice
i felt like i sounded like a kid i was
like you know what my voice is telling
on me because i really am a kid
and i remember like i was like god like
my voice sounds so childish how do you
want me to talk about things that have
authority with this little baby voice
and it shocked me
when i would literally and it felt i was
like god you know what you are hilarious
you like to show off because people
didn’t need to tell me but then i
started getting countless messages and
what people would highlight was the tone
of my voice
that there’s something about it that
just that allows them to just receive
what the lord is saying and i said this
is this is comedy central right here
because if you only knew that this was
one of my biggest insecurities
and this is the thing that you’re saying
god is using in your life
first of all i don’t see that as
coincidence i see that as god confirming
and affirming that stephanie
even the very thing you think
will disqualify you
because you said yes to me i would use
that and more
what else do you want to bring
what else you want to complain about
what else do you want to say to me no i
will use it god will not change it
because that would that would take away
his essence as god
that is why even moses when moses is
telling the creator i cannot speak god
did not tell him okay you know what to
make you more comfortable moses let me
fix the problem right now he didn’t do
that he said no moses even the thing you
think will disqualify you from what i’ve
sent you i would use it as a weapon
you have to recognize that your yes to
god
made your deepest fears and insecurities
weapons in his hand
he said oh watch what i’m about to do
with you
and so when the enemy sees you he’s not
just seeing
this you know random person things are
not just happening to you randomly he
said oh you are coming after territory
but you are equipped
and you are empowered because the holy
spirit is with you
but there was something about this
message that seemed very urgent in my
spirit this morning
and it’s really about how we position
and posture ourselves
like i said yes you expect warfare but
you don’t surrender to it
and the lord began to show me that many
have positioned themselves in a place of
surrender to the attack of the enemy
you’re just like okay
what will be will be no
no no no no no
it’s not what will be will be you have
to look at what is happening and say
does this line up does this match up
with what the word of god says about my
life and my family and if it doesn’t
there are certain things you must do to
position yourself because like i said
earlier there are certain things for it
to manifest in the earth
it has to first manifest in you
and so there are three key things i just
want us to touch on and the very first
thing
is to watch and pray
watch and pray now this is there are two
scriptures i’ll read to you the first
one is in first kings chapter 18 verse
one right it says this and it came to
pass after many days that the word of
the lord came to elijah in the third
year saying go present yourself to ahab
ahab was the king at this time and i
will send rain on the earth
now what is happening a little bit of
backstory there was elijah had prayed
elijah as a prophet of the lord and
there was a time when he prayed and he
said look there will be no rain for
three and a half years right there will
be no rain and the clouds were shut up
there was no rain there was a drought in
the land and then the bible tells us
something that now during the course of
that time a word of the lord came to
elijah and it says to him that he should
go present himself to ahab and then i
this is the lord speaking and i will
send rain on the earth
now you catch the picture right the lord
is the one saying go present yourself
the rain is coming but then you jump
into james 5
chapter 7 verse 17 to 18 and it says
this now this is a man who has insight
and revelation
about what took place in how the rain
came
he said elijah was a man with a nature
like ours
and he prayed earnestly that it would
not rain and it did not rain on the land
for three years and six months and he
prayed again
and the heaven gave rain and the earth
produced this fruit now this is really
fascinating because when you go back to
first kings you will see that there’s a
story
when you read you know when you just
read um chapter 18 chapter 19 there’s a
story here when elijah he goes up the
mountain and he has a servant with him
and he tells the servant to go look at
the clouds the servant comes back he’s
like you know elijah there’s no there’s
no rain there’s nothing and he’s
postured in a way that he’s praying and
he tells the servant go back the servant
comes back he’s like there’s nothing
this happens seven times the seventh
time the servant goes back he sees like
you know he’s like there’s a cloud the
size of a person’s hand and then boom
elijah knew that what god has said is
happening but this is the question i
have for you
god said there will be rain
if god said there would be rain why does
elijah need to pray
and why is it highlighted that elijah is
praying when god said right so when we
have this posture of what will be will
be you know if god said it you know
that’s it
but but here we see a beautiful picture
god said something but then elijah
postures himself in prayer he postures
himself in agreement he says lord there
is something you have already purposed
to do in the earth but it also needs to
be done in me i need to come in full
agreement of faith that indeed this is
what you’re about to do he postured
himself in prayer
so he watched for the word there was a
word that was given to him by the lord
and he began to pray until what he was
praying about would be in alignment with
what he saw in his natural eyes
you see a word coming to you is like
watching what is happening spiritually
what has already been established by god
in the spirit realm what is established
in heaven
but also why would jesus also tell the
disciples to pray like that that lord
let your will be done thy kingdom come
come on earth in earth rather as it is
in heaven
if it is just what will be will be then
if it is in heaven we should just be
chilling right on the beach somewhere
having pina colada and just saying you
know what lord whenever you’re ready
whatever you have decided to do in
heaven you know that that’s what will
happen in earth no you have to position
yourself
and say lord whatever is happening in my
life right now does not mirror what you
have said i am watching there is a word
you have spoken even the lord watches
over his own word there is a word that
you have spoken and i am going to bring
myself into full alignment
you see when we are in prayer
prayer comes prayer is when first of all
you are acknowledging that lord you said
something and i believe you
prayer is when you’re saying god give me
a strategy give me wisdom give me
understanding prayer when when you’re
praying and declaring that god what you
have spoken to me what you have revealed
to me let it happen that is that it
reveals your faith and your expectation
you see sometimes we make excuses like
no i just know what happened but could
it be that you have lost expectation
could it be that your faith is no longer
engaged
there is a difference between
surrendering something to god
and losing hope
many times we call surrender
lack of faith
losing hope in something is not the same
as surrender
you see abraham surrendered when god
said give me your son your only son
sacrifice him to me there’s the
difference between that is that the
bible also tells us
that abraham believed because god told
him you will have a son and there was a
promise connected to this child but
abraham believed that even if
god took isaac
that he was going to resurrect him once
again
abraham did not lose hope and say
you know sure god you want him here i i
guess you know i guess you lied
you know i guess i didn’t hear properly
i guess i was wrong no abraham said
no you want isaac that’s fine
you might take his life but you’re going
to resurrect him back right about now
okay
that’s the difference and you have to be
honest with yourself enough to know the
very thing that you’re saying that god i
just surrendered that to you did you
surrender or did you lose faith
because if you lost faith
that’s a whole different ballgame
that is when you’re just in the place of
like
god you know what if it never happens
i’m cool no no no no no no no
is that connected to what god said to
you
was that the word that god spoke to you
concerning that very thing
you see surrender says god i am letting
go of this i’m letting go of it based on
my own timeline
you gave me a word and then i added
layers to the word and i said you have
to do it in my 30s and if you don’t do
it in my 30s then this is not real god
didn’t tell you a timeline he just gave
you a word
surrender says lord i’m believing that
this will happen even if it happens when
i’m 70.
it will happen
giving up says you know what
it didn’t happen in my 30s so you know
it’s cool god i i will learn how to just
you know walk away from this
you have to be honest with yourself
and so when you find yourself in a
posture of prayer
and that is why you have to watch and
pray you have to be watched men and
women over your lives there was a
prophet by the name of ezekiel in the
scripture he was known as a watchman he
would watch for what god will say
concerning the people the the lord’s
people
and any time a word came to him the lord
would say look if you don’t speak it if
something happens to them because you
did not warn them then it would be on
your head you have to learn how to be a
watchman and a woman over your own life
over your family over your community
over your your surrounding that god what
have you said
and how do i need to posture myself
you see powerful testimony there’s a
there’s a family member of mine and
there’s a word that the lord has spoken
concerning this individual
when he was you know conceived
and
he didn’t look nothing like the word
years down the line still looked nothing
like the word right
but we kept praying into it
you see pray what prayer does is that it
feeds your faith it doesn’t it doesn’t
feed your doubts
that anytime you see something that
looks against what the lord has spoken
you’re not quick to just feed into the
doubt and say god this will never be
like i give up no you begin to speak
life you begin to speak no this is what
the word of god said that is why why do
many of us thank god for grandmothers
and and praying mothers and all that
stuff you know i want to shout out to
the fathers too because every time i see
those posts i don’t see praying
grandfathers
or praying fathers or uncles it’s always
the women you know women love the lord
we know that i want to shout out
to all the praying people right but why
do we acknowledge praying grandparents
because they never stopped speaking life
even when it looked like it was going a
different direction
they never stopped speaking life over
their grandkids over their children they
never stopped even when you were you
look like you were losing your head they
would go in their prayer closet and say
lord i thank you that you have given me
a warrior you have given me one who
would love you they spoke life
that’s the beauty here
and so with this family member
not too long ago a couple weeks ago the
lord literally woke me up from my sleep
and he began to show me he said they had
you have stopped interceding for this
person
and you need to gather family to
continue to pray for them interceding is
the intentional act of praying for
something until you see the move of god
take place concerning that
and when the this was like three in the
morning the lord woke me up and i called
my mom immediately right i called my mom
i was like mom we
this this situation we can’t we can’t
drop it
we can’t let this thing go we have to
keep praying concerning it we have to
keep speaking the word of god concerning
it and literally family this morning
there was a breakthrough in that area
the very thing that looked like it would
be impossible we saw a breakthrough
happen this very day
that’s god
and that is when what you are asking for
god to do on the earth it happens in you
where you are in full agreement that
lord i believe
i believe in what you’re doing i believe
in who you are you see sometimes people
will ask this question right there was a
man who asked jesus i believe but help
my unbelief
and when you read that scripture jesus
didn’t have that much time to really you
know there was a crowd coming there was
all kinds of chaos and madness happening
so jesus performed the miracle and he
went on his way but if you’re asking
yourself that question i believe
but god how do you help my unbelief
you stayed the chorus that’s how
you don’t give up
even when it seems hard because the
beauty of staying in the presence of god
it begins to shape you you get
spiritually in shape
that the things that will come up as
doubts and and fears all of a sudden
they begin to they begin to start
shedding away from you
how do you help your unbelief you endure
one step at a time
you don’t allow your words to speak
death
you allow your words to speak life that
is why the bible says
that these words i have given you they
are spirit and they are life
and then it also tells us that life and
death is in the power of the tongue
you use your words
you use your words you use your words to
speak
life
no matter what the situation might look
like i’m not talking about being in
denial no
but i’m saying that when it comes to
what you agree with
there is a difference between
communicating to someone the situation
that you’re in
right if you if you need help
don’t just go don’t if someone says hey
can i you know do you need help with
something and you’re just like no you
know i’m i’m fearfully and wonderfully
made i had just lacked nothing ciao you
need some help okay and god has brought
the answer in front of you i’m not
saying be in denial but i’m saying that
what is your confession what is your
agreement are you just are you looking
at yourself as one who the lord has
abandoned and forsaken or are you
looking at yourself as one who is
expecting that god you are with me you
are for me you will show up
this is what watching and praying is all
about the second thing i want to talk to
you about is worship
you see worship is not just about a song
right that is why sometimes you know you
can go from listening to worship
and the next thing you’re doing
something else you know you’re trying to
see if your knees can do things right
some of you might catch that later all
right
but
how do you get out of of the mindset so
quick
because worship is not just about a song
worship is what you set your gaze on
worship is about what you magnify in
your life
it’s about what you choose to exalt in
your life what you give what what you
what you put as first in your life
worship
is really about what you honor in your
life
and when you begin to honor the lord
when you exalt god above your
circumstances that is worship that is
why sometimes you may hear when when a
pastor would say many of you are
worshiping your problems because you
have placed that above everything else
it is all you talk about it is what you
dwell on it is what has caused you to be
in in you know going through anxiety and
stress and all kinds of things because
you have worshiped your problem
but when you begin to worship god what
that does the beauty of worship even
when it seems like you’re in the hardest
moments of your life it puts a demand on
the nature and character of god
it’s putting the name of god on the
stand
that god is not about me anymore it’s
about you you see one of my mentors
shared with me such an amazing testimony
she was barren for many years
and for all those years that she was
going through a barrenness she talked
about how she worshipped her barrenness
she exalted her barrenness she was so um
she dwelled on the doctor’s reports and
and what people were saying and you know
and all that stuff she magnified it
above everything else
and she said there was a day and now in
her just coming before the lord
that something hit her
and she realized no no i’m not going to
worship this anymore she began to put
her faith on the word of god she said
lord
you gave us a promise in the word you
said be fruitful not even a promise a
commandment your commandment said be
fruitful and multiply and she connected
herself to the word of god she said this
is what i would exalt in my life
that even when there were reports of
baron and she said no that god has given
my body a commandment to be fruitful and
to multiply
now she has two kids
you see the beauty of that is that she
began to set her gaze on the word of god
she began to set her affection on what
god said no longer what was coming up
against him she said you know what it’s
not even about me
god you said something and i’m gonna
hold you to your word you call upon
god’s nature and his character and that
is why one a scripture i want to share
with you that is so beautiful it’s in
acts 16 verse 25 to 26 and it says this
but at midnight paul and silas were
praying and singing hymns to god and the
prisoners were listening to them oh
that’s so good
suddenly there was a great earthquake so
that the foundations of the prison were
shaking and immediately all the doors
were opened and everyone’s chains were
loosed what happened in this moment
paul and silas began praying and
worshiping
they began calling upon who is the real
breaker of chains right they began
calling upon the lord and they were
singing and the bible says the prisoners
heard them they were listening to them
in that moment you see paul it was not
about paul or silas they had placed the
name of god on the stand they said you
know what god it is your character and
it’s your nature that we are exalting
above anything else and you will show up
to show that you are faithful to who you
are
because god could have done it any other
way in the bible you see so many ways
that that you know prisoners are set
free sometimes everybody’s sleeping
right just coma falls upon everybody and
the angel walks in opens the door taps
on somebody says hey you know some free
to go all right
but god did it in a way because there
were people that listened to him being
exalted he said look my name is on the
line
and i’m not just going to go out like
that my name is on the line i’m going to
set everybody free right
you know go it was like that moment you
know when it’s just like
used to get set free and you
get set free is everybody get set free
it’s a beautiful thing
and so what i want to ask you
in your circles in your circles of
friends and families what do they know
that you exalt
do they hear your complaints every
minute
or do they hear you exalting the name of
god
that the lord is with me the lord will
not forsake me he’s not going to abandon
me he’s not going to leave me here god
is going to come through what do people
listen to when they hear you speak about
what is taking place in your life
and again i said there is a difference
between communicating a situation
and there’s a difference between
exalting it above everything else
i can communicate to you that look in my
life right now this is something i’m
dealing with
but i know that god will not fail me i
know that god is not going to leave me
here i know that the god i serve is
going to come through he is jehovah that
when i begin to sing songs like you know
talking about him as jira that he is
enough that i’m not just singing a song
i’m saying no
the lord will provide for everything
that i need and i know he’s going to
make a way for me however he does it he
will come through
that is what worship is about it’s not
just about the song it’s about the heart
behind what you’re singing that god i
exalt you above everything else and the
third thing and the last thing i want
you to understand when it comes to how
you posture yourself
and for many of you this might connect
to you it’s fasting
maybe you’re in a season where you feel
there is a grace in your life to fast
that you’re not you you you don’t really
have an appetite for food like that you
don’t really feel like engaging in in in
shows like that there’s a grace that has
come upon you to fast even jesus
there was a time that the disciples were
trying to cast out a demon from a boy
and they couldn’t
and this is after jesus has said to them
look go into you know go everywhere i
have given you power and authority over
evil spirits
but they went and they did not have
power and authority over this particular
spirit
and so when jesus shows up and he you
know he handles business right he does
the disciples ask him in private they’re
like
you know why couldn’t we cast out this
spirit and jesus said this kind comes
out by nothing but prayer and fasting
even jesus i’m you know we have many
messages on fast and i want you to watch
that but even jesus it was not he didn’t
only fast in the wilderness he felt he
lived a lifestyle of fasting
and there’s so much proof of that in the
bible
but you see fasting there are two
powerful things that fasting can
represent fasting there’s so much to
fasting but two key things that fasting
represents one
fasting is when you posture your body
and you posture yourself in the truth of
your ability
that god i am weak
and in my weakness you are my strength
i’m coming before you in weakness
god i don’t have the answers
the power that i need to get through
this
it can only come from you if fasting
humbles you
to say that god i need you to step into
this situation
lord i need you to show up
and that is why a lot of times you know
fasting is connected to food because
when you don’t feed your body your body
gets weak
and you come into that place where you
embrace the state that you’re in and you
say lord in my weakness be my strength
it’s what it symbolizes
and it’s an act of faith when you say
god i need you i i don’t i can’t i can’t
push past this certain thing there’s
something that needs to break in my
family there’s something some of you are
seeing not when i even talk about
spiritual warfare yours is even a
different dimension you’re seeing people
being tormented and oppressed in your
family sometimes you need to fast
because there is a this kind
there is a this kind cannot come out
only by
fasting and prayer when you humble
yourself when you submit yourself and
say god i need you
and another thing fasting does
it makes you the sacrifice
you see after noah
you know when the flood happened and all
that stuff
right
and noah comes out of the ark the first
thing noah did is that he offered a
sacrifice to the lord and the bible
tells us that when the lord smelled the
aroma of the sacrifice that it was
pleasing to him to the point that he
responded he’d even respond directly to
noah he said to himself never will i
destroy the earth like i have done
you see there was a response to the
sacrifice
and sometimes when you fast you become
the sacrifice you say lord i am putting
myself on the altar
and i pray that what you would what you
will sense when you smell this act when
you smell this act of faith that it
would be pleasing to you and you will
respond to what is happening in my life
in my family you don’t just watch things
happen and don’t do nothing
you don’t surrender to warfare
you call on the name of god to step in
because on the other side of that
warfare
there is victory and on the other side
there is territory for you to claim and
so family
if this is speaking to you
let this be a reminder
that our walk with jesus
is not a walk of
whatever will be will be no
even the prophet elijah
after hearing a word from the lord he
began to pray earnestly
what is it that god has spoken about you
what has he spoken in your life
and a certain things delayed in your
life because you are distracted by the
wrong thing
a certain thing is delayed in your life
because you’re just so lackadaisical
about everything that is not the will of
god
there’s some things that you have to be
able to look at even jesus said to his
disciples couldn’t you watch and pray
couldn’t you watch with me when they
were falling asleep and they’re probably
confused like what are we watching for
in that moment it’s so powerful they’re
watching the word in flesh
he said watch couldn’t you even for an
hour
watch with me
but they were he was talking to them
about what maybe they understood later
down the line you have to watch the word
what has god said
and if i don’t see it in my life i need
to posture myself in a place where i
continue to declare god whatever is
coming up against me i’m not going to
feed my doubts
my words in my words is the power of
life and death is going to speak life
and so i want you to in just in this
moment right whatever the holy spirit
starts bringing to mind
let us step into prayer
let us bring it before the lord and say
god may perhaps i need to i need to
spend more time with you in prayer i
need to go back into my journals and say
lord what are the things you spoke to me
what are some of the things that i i
said i surrendered but in reality i gave
up hope
what are the things that i need to pick
back up
and say lord what what can we do
together what territory are we supposed
to take over
lord maybe i’ve allowed my situation to
bring me to a posture of defeat but i’m
not defeated
i’ve allowed the enemy to distract me to
the point that i’ve lost my inspiration
while i’m calling it just being under
attack without recognizing that what
he’s after is my inspiration my
creativity my focus and me positioning
myself in the place that you’ve called
me to
maybe lord i’ve been looking and
thinking that people are my problem but
it’s not people
they just happen to be vessels
but lord you’ve called me after
something
i’m a weapon in your hands what is it
that we’re supposed to do together
and whatever seems to be affected right
now in my life
you will have the final say
i’m gonna pray lord i’m gonna exalt you
above anything
and when that when when it when the need
comes i’m gonna fast
i’m gonna submit myself as the offering
i’m gonna call upon you and say god
indeed i am weak i need you to step in
and be my strength there are certain
things that do not break until we
posture ourselves properly
and maybe you’re watching this and
you’re like
i don’t even know this jesus i’ve not
accepted him into my life but whatever
she’s saying i want to know the jesus
behind this
if that is you and you want to say yes
to jesus
i want you to look on the screen there’s
gonna be
um some information for you to put to
you know qr code and all that stuff for
us for you to give us your information
but if that is you just put in the chat
here i am
here i am
and let us pray
heavenly father we thank you so much for
your love and for your goodness o god we
thank you for this moment that we have
come before you we thank you lord jesus
that you are awakening your sons and
daughters to take their position in you
and to take territory connected to their
lives heavenly father i thank you for
those who are saying yes to jesus that
maybe they’ve been going you know from
all to all kinds of things but lord
there’s something that is bringing a
conviction in their hearts and they want
to know who is this jesus who is this
one who is for me who is this one that i
can give my life to and that would be
his weapon and i would know myself in
ways that i’ve never known that i would
go after and that would claim
territories that i didn’t even think
existed who is the person that can use
my weakness and my insecurities and my
fears for his glory who is this jesus
who is the one who loves me enough that
he will die on the cross for me that i
would know everything about myself that
i would not be bound to anything that
satan thrives to throw at me
who is this jesus that can set me free
who is this jesus that loves me who is
this jesus that is going to be with me
no matter where i walk
who is this jesus that looks at me right
where i am and he says you are worthy
you are loved you are you are not
forsaken you are cared for who is this
jesus if that is you
that jesus this jesus is with you right
now
and he is saying to you welcome home
by your decision alone welcome home
and so heavenly father we seal this in
your name
we thank you lord for how you have
showed up
have your way in jesus mighty name amen