Hidden In Christ

 "And the Lord said, 'Here is a place by Me,

and you shall stand on the rock.  So it shall be,

while My glory passes by, that I will put you in

the cleft of the rock."   

Exodus 33:21,22 

I am hidden in Christ, in the cleft of the Rock, in the cleft of His side. As He is seated at the right hand of the Father, so am I. Everything that belongs to Jesus and that He has access to, so do I. All favor, riches, power and authority that has been given to Him by the Father is mine as well, because I am in Him. I am one with Jesus, and we are one with the Father. The Holy Spirit lives in me and through me, and I walk and commune with the Father just as Jesus did while He walked here on the earth. The power and authority that the Father gave Jesus He now gives me as I am IN Jesus.  Those things that Jesus did I will do also and greater things will I do, because Jesus goes to the Father and makes intercession for me. I am the extention of His body and have been given the assignment to carry on His good works and glorify the Father. The works that I do are not mine, but they are the Father's given, released and manifested through me by Jesus in me and me in Him.

They that dwell in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. This place at His side, in the very cleft of His side, is an intimate place of oneness and abiding. It's a place that you see His goodness pass before you, His mercy and lovingkindness extended to those that you carry in your heart and that you have prayed and interceded for. It's a place of His glory revealed through His goodness and mercy and supernatural blessings. Ahhhh it is a glorious place to be, to rest and abide and be able to draw upon the goodness and mercy and faithfulness of our God. O how precious is this place that He has reserved for them that love Him and that will seek Him with their whole heart. Father God waits on us to come and be with Him there, to draw away from the busyness, pressures and distractions that society and that our daily life brings upon us. He patiently waits as we continually learn and experience that nothings and no one but Him alone will satisfy us and give us the peace and joy and fulfillment that we long and search for. God's abiding presence in our lives is all we need and should be the constant motivation and focus of our attention and life. Out of His abiding presence will come the fulfilling of your life's purpose. "In His presence is fulness of joy." Out of this abiding presence you will receive the joy, peace, love and strength to guide you through your life's purpose and BE and receive all that you need.

Draw us, Father, into this place and give us revelation of this intimate place that You have reserved for each one of us in the very cleft of the Rock of Jesus Christ. Amen
        

Ex 33:20-23, Jn 14:12, Ps 91:1, Ps 16:11

Intercession at the Cross

The Cross - the place of New Beginnings

"For the message of the cross is foolishness to those
who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is
the power of God unto salvation."
1 Cor 1:18

     As an intercessor who seeks to know, feel and hear the heart of God, I stand in the gap and I gather these that I love and that God has called me to pray for; my family, my church, my city, my nation, and even this world, and I gather them in as a mother hen would gather her chicks. (Matt 23:37)  I gather them in around the cross, and I bring them by the power of the Spirit to a place of surrender and deliverance.  And along with them I bring all the lying demons of torment and control that have held them bound; all the demons of fear, anxiety, depression and oppression, the antichrist spirits of atheism, doubt, and unbelief, the spirits of pride, rebellion and self will, the perverse spirits of lust and pornography, the spirits of addiction, jealousy and anger, the spirits of poverty, lack and greed, sickness and infirmity.  And I bring them all to the cross, applying the blood of Jesus over them, letting it run down over their minds and bodies.  It's here at the cross where the demons are disarmed. It's here where their powers are broken and where the captives, the ones that I love and that God loves, are set free.  And it's here where Jesus disarms those spirits and makes an open show and a public display and spectacle out of them. (Col 2:15)  The power is in the blood of Jesus.  It's at the foot of the cross.  It's at this place of surrender and receiving by faith all that Jesus did for us 2000 years ago and continues to do for us everyday.  It's here that the demons lose their hold and that the new resurrected life that's found in Christ Jesus takes place.  And it's here that a person receives deliverance from the bondages of the old and the grace, anointing and empowering for their new life to begin again.

In my defeats and failures I always find comfort and strength at the cross. In the exchange of my brokeness, weakness, fears, doubts, disappointments and sins of my yet unsanctified carnel nature, I take comfort and strength in the repenting, crucifying and disarming of these things and the receiving of the new, refreshing and empowering of the Spirit of the living God that is resurrected once again on the inside of me through Christ Jesus. It's here at the cross that I come to know Him in a fresh, deep and intimate way, that I come to know and feel the depth of His love for me and for the world and the sea of lives and souls that He gave His life for.
It's so easy to get distracted and covered up in the cares of this world, so easy to let the old habits, behaviors and attitudes of my old carnal nature creep back in and allow the distractions and cares of this world to pull me away from this precious place of seeking God's heart and the face of Jesus that I treasure so dearly so that I may truly know Him. It's times like these that I know how easily and quickly I am set off course unless I purpose to guard this place as the treasure that it is, and unless I guard and prioritize my time with Him, reading and meditating on His Word and lifting my heart and voice in praise and worship to Him. As lovers of God He needs to hear our love and adoration for Him, but SO DO WE. You and I need to hear our soul pouring out its love and passion to the Lover of our soul. Your relationship with Him is strengthened and focused as you share your love for Him through your worship. Praise says "Thank You". Worship says "I love You."  He needs to hear "I love You" more often through our worship and sacrifice of praise. 
So if you have missed out on this, if you have gotten off course and lost your joy, if you have known the Lord and given your life to Him but have somehow missed the mark,  it's at the cross that this new life and victory can begin again. It's at the cross where you can begin to experience the new life of freedom in the Spirit that you were created for.

Do you need a new beginning?  Do you need things to change in your life?  Do you need to start over?  I invite you to come to the cross.  I invite you to come and receive the healing and restoration that is yours through Christ Jesus at the foot of the cross.  It's the place of total surrender, the place of new beginnings, the place of starting all over again, the place where the new life - the resurrected life of the Christ in you has its new beginning. 

Bring your defeats, your failures, your disappointments, your broken heart and the broken pieces of your life that don't seem to make sense anymore, and lay them at the cross.  Then wrap your arms and life around the cross, drawing upon its life and power, and let the exchange take place. Feel the washing, cleansing, and empowering of the cross. It's here that there is a supernatural tranference of God's life giving power that takes place, where He breathes new life into you replacing the old with the new, replacing the brokenness with His healing and the old life with the new life of the Spirit.  And bring with you those tormenting spirits of fear, anxiety, depression, oppression and addiction.  It's here at the cross that those powers are broken off your life.  Jesus disarms them by the power of the blood that was shed from His body upon the cross.  As you receive what He did for you through the cross by faith, you receive the delivering power of His blood and it's here that He makes a public display and spectacle out of them and triumphs over them and you receive the victory that is yours through Christ Jesus. (Col 2:13-15)   
It's supernatural. It's only something that He can do, but it's yours to receive.

The power of the cross.....it's the place of New Beginning. 

Facade VS Truth - The Reality

"While we look not at the things which are seen,

 but at the things which are not seen,

 for the things that are seen are temporal,

 but those things that are not seen are eternal."

2 Cor 4:8 

As born again believers when we're living & walking in the Spirit, circumstances and symptoms are like a facade. They're like a painted canvas that stands before us tugging at our five senses but that hides the truth of what is truly ours as children of God. The definition of a facade is "a superficial appearance or illusion of something." Negative circumstances are superficial and illude us from seeing and knowing what is really ours through Christ Jesus. It appears real, but behind that facade, that painted canvas, is the truth. Behind it is the reality of the redeemed.  Behind it is the truth and reality of your redemptive state. It may not be seen in the natural yet but it IS the reality of the redeemed. "While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen for the things that are seen are temporal, but those things that are not seen are eternal." (2 Cor 4:8) The eternal things are REAL. They are the REAL THING, and that's where our focus needs to be.

So when your hands are tied and the circumstances of your situation are in your face; when the facade, the painted canvas, the mountain of lack that appears SO real, and the stress of it's appearance has backed you up to a wall, and you have no way out and no way of escape, let the Spirit of the living God on the inside of you, the Spirit of the "I AM" rise up, and begin speaking and declaring the truth of who you are and what is yours in Christ Jesus! Begin to use the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, and slash that facade, that painted canvas of the mountain of lack to pieces. Begin to speak and declare with the authority and conviction of the believer who knows the truth of who he is in Christ and knows what's been purchased for him through the blood of the Lamb, and begin to cut to pieces the intimidating facade and canvas of lies that stands before you as the redeemed of the Lord. Don't let the facade of circumstances defeat you, but rise up in your spirit man and declare the truth! It's the truth that will set you free. It's the truth that needs to come out of your mouth and out of the depths of the Spirit of the living God on the inside of you. THAT'S kingdom authority. That's the authority that cuts through the impossible and exposes and reveals and manifests the truth. The Spirit of God wants to rise up in His children, in the ones that have sought Him with their whole heart. He wants to expose and manifest His power and greatness in their lives as they draw upon His life and power and authority within themselves. 

So rise up! Put the enemy in his defeated place! Don't let that facade, that painted canvas of circumstances send you into a spiral of depression and discouragement. Let it be the trigger that sets off your spirit shouting forth the praises of your God, the One that is all powerful, the One that is your vindicator, the One that is your Savior, your Deliverer, your Redeemer, the One that is faithful to save. Let it be the trigger that sets off the Words of truth that cuts through the facade and that painted canvas and exposes the reality of the truth. "Let the weak say I am strong. Let the poor say I am rich!" In the Lord you ARE these things. In the Lord you ARE redeemed and manifesting the glory of God. In the Lord you HAVE the victory! "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so!"

Lets turn things around by speaking God's Word. Let's declare the truth of God in the face of the enemy and in the face of his huge pile of circumstances. Let's do it God's way and give God a chance. Say what He says and put ALL your trust in Him. Amen?!

 

Giant Slayers and Drinkers

God says, "I'm making you giant slayers. But first I'm making you drinkers.

There are giants on the land; giants like poverty and homelessness, giants like addiction, religion, pornography, cancer and AIDS. And I am making you giant slayers to face these giants and bring them down as David did, but first I'm making you drinkers. FIRST you must become drinkers. 

I am taking you past the altar of prayer and into My presence where you will learn to drink of Me, where you will learn to drink and be filled with My presence and with My love. It's My love that never fails. It's My love and My presence that conquers all. It's My love and the anointing of My presence that you will carry with you that will be your victory and that will slay any and every giant that you face. You MUST become drinkers. You must learn to drink of the living waters of My presence. You must learn to go past the altar of prayer, learn to sit quietly with Me and just listen, hear My voice and drink. It's here in the secret place of My presence that you will find the refreshing of your soul, the strengthening of your spirit, and the wisdom and leading of My will. It's here in the secret place that you will learn to rest and receive the empowerment and the anointing you'll need to face and slay every giant and walk confidently through any situation or any circumstance that you may go through. And it's here that I will give you Me eyes so you can see, My ears to hear and My heart to understand.

Become drinkers. Learn to drink and just BE with Me. I love you and have SO much to give you and impart to you. Take the time to come and just be with Me. Take the time to drink. Take the time to rest behind the veil in the secret place of My presence. Take the time. Drink. Drink. Drink."

"If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said,

'From his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water."

John 7:37-38

God Says

God Says

God says, "I see the blood upon the mercy seat, and the full payment has been made for your redemption. I don't care what any devil or circumstance says. YOU ARE BLESSED. You have been redeemed back into covenant and right relationship with Me, and therefore you are blessed beyond measure. Wealth and riches are in your house. The wealth of the wicked has been laid up for you, and I release that wealth into your person right now. RECEIVE IT!  Get into a receiving position and mindset and begin to receive what I AM releasing upon your life right now. Begin to thank Me and praise Me for the blessing and outpouring upon your life. Enter into that thanksgiving before you even see the blessing. Your thanksgiving and praise is like a magnet that draws that blessing to you. It creates a highway and a clear road for its delivery. It's by grace, and I've made it by faith, and it's your faith that receives. So RECEIVE! Receive and rejoice for the blessing and outpouring is yours! You are My child, and all that is Mine is yours for the receiving. I love you with an everlasting love. Receive My love. Receive My grace. Receive My outpouring."

God Sees

 

God Sees

God sees your situation. He sees your condition. He sees the snare of lies and symptoms that the devil has ensnared you in. He sees....... and He is inflamed with compassionate love.

But our God also sees the blood upon the mercy seat, the blood that He shed for you and for me. He sees and knows all that it represents, all that it cost Him, all that He went through to purchase your freedom, your salvation, your healing, your prosperity and your kingdom position beside Him on the throne in heaven......and He is enraged. He is enraged by the enemy's lies, by the bondage and pain the devil's ensnared you with, by the net he's thrown over you. And so our God comes with a jealous and holy vindication to vindicate His blood and set you free. He comes as a consuming fire to consume your enemies, to vindicate His blood, and to prove once again that YOU ARE HIS and that His jealous love for you will NOT be overridden by anyone or anything, especially NOT by a lying devil.

Jesus is Lord. He is the Lion of Judah. He is the Lord of lords and King of kings. He is the Great I AM. He is Wonderful, Counselor, Prince of Peace, the Alpha and Omega, the Author and Finisher, the Healer and Redeemer. And He is passionately and compassionately in love with you. He is a jealous God and a consuming fire.

So come, Lord Jesus, come. Come fire of God and consume our enemies and ignite us with a holy fire. Let our lives burn brightly and passionately for You. Have Your way in us today so that Your power and Your glory may be seen and revealed for all the world to see. Amen

People, I pray we get this into our spirit. I pray that we rise up into our position in Christ and feel His heart and His vindicating love upon our situation and the situation of our family and friends that do not line up with the Word and will of God. Get this into your spirit, see it from His perspective, pray in the Spirit, rise up into your position in Christ and release His fire, release His vindication and mercy upon our lives, and partner with the Holy Spirit to release God's power in this hour. We have got to get in our seat of authority in Christ and position ourselves for His release. He has the power and anointing, and He is looking for vessels to release it through. We are the vessels, and we are looking for the power and anointing. Make yourself available. BE His vessel. Step into that place and position in Christ. Respond to the Spirit as He moves upon you and see God move on your behalf. Come fire of God! Come!

 "There I will meet with you; 

and from above the mercy seat, 

from between the two cherubim 

which are upon the ark of the testimony, 

I will speak to you about all that I will give you 

in commandment for the sons of Israel."

Exodus 25:22

New Grace - New Beginning

The Grace of Joy

"Consider it all joy, my brethern,

 when you encounter various trials, knowing

that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

And let endurance have its perfect result, that you

may be perfect and complete and lacking in nothing."

James 1;2,3

"In everything give thanks, for this is God's will for you."

1 Thes 5:18

"The joy of the Lord is your strength."

Neh 8:10

Set your course on JOY. It is the Lord's will and way. It will be and give to you strength for the journey. In this resolve you will find boldness and courage to do God's will, for you will be walking in the strength of the Spirit and bearing the fruit of joy. Be bold, be strong, be courageous, for the Lord thy God is with you wherever you go. (Josh 1:9)

Choose JOY. Set your course. God's grace is there to meet you and give you that grace of joy to walk in and walk through any situation or circumstance. It's supernatural, because it's God. It's His way and His will. It's His Spirit of life, love and joy. It's the fruit we bear as we walk closely and intimately with Him in the Spirit. And as you set your course and your mindset and step into it, His Spirit will rise up to meet you, and He will show you blessings down the road that He is taking you into. They may not be immediate blessings, but they are blessings of His will that you will walk into as you stay the course. Be bold, be strong, be courageous, for the Lord thy God is with you wherever you go.