Do this in order to survive what is to come:
1) Enlarge your faith
2) Enlarge your prayer life
3) Enlarge your worship life
4) Enlarge your thanksgiving attitude
5) Enlarge your Word life
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God is drawing His people in this hour who feel the tension the urgency of the hour - the global shaking economically and politically.
This is not an hour to fear; it's not even an hour to get discouraged. But there is this sense of “it's time to get sober, it's time to get alert; it's time to engage in the battle”.
We don't war according to the flesh; our battle is not against flesh and blood. Our battles are against principalities and powers/rulers in the dark world (Ephesians 6).
We need to pray God’s Word, not out of our emotions or our own desires. Pull these 10 scriptures out and meditate on them and memorise them and go to war with them in Jesus’ name.
10 scriptures to pray with
1) Luke 10:19
Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
Jesus says behold I've given you authority over the demonic realm. Do you believe that?
2) 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.
Sometimes when satan is raging and things are crumbling all around us, it's easy to believe that God has forgotten about us and that we're not important.
But this verse reminds us that God is faithful and He will strengthen us and protect us from the evil one.
3) 1 Corinthians 15:57
But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Let's thank God who gives us the victory through Jesus Christ. We're not fighting for victory; we're fighting from the place of victory and our victory comes through the cross and the precious blood of Jesus Christ.
4) Romans 8:37
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Sometimes our mind wars against us, and we want to magnify our problems or our diagnosis; but life and power and strength come from the Word of God.
5) 2 Corinthians 10:3-5
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.
How we war, full of faith, and how we war, full of agreement with God's Word, is we don't war in the flesh and we recognise that we have to take captive thoughts of unbelief, thoughts of doubt. Do not pray out of fear, unbelief or worry.
We need to be praying the word of God. We need to take captive every thought; we need to be praying and dismantling demonic ideologies and thoughts that set themselves up against the knowledge of God.
6) Matthew 18:18-19
“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. “Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.
Come away from praying your fears; come away from praying out of unbelief and doubt; and come into agreement with the power that's in the word of God. Let it wash your mind; let it renew your thoughts.
That's what God is doing - he's right there in the midst of us wanting to answer our prayers. We
just come into agreement in Jesus’ name for victory.
7) Deuteronomy 28:7
The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
Some of us are in the midst of a really trying time. They might come out against us one way, but they're going to flee before us seven ways.
8) Deuteronomy 3:22
You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.
If you are feeling harassed or feeling intimidated, or bullied, do not fear them. Do not fear
the report for the Lord your God is the One fighting for you.
9) Joshua 1:9
Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.
God is with us. Sometimes the devil tries to lie, deceive and sow seeds of fear and doubt and unbelief. We've got to take captive those thoughts and make them obedient to Jesus.
Choose not to live in fear. If you believe in the lies, you will empower the liar.
Refuse to empower demonic activity in your life.
How you’re going to dismantle it is to refute and cut out the lies of the enemies; and root yourself in the Word of God.
10) 2 Chronicles 20:15
And he said, “Listen, all you of Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat! Thus says the Lord to you: ‘Do not be afraid nor dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
God is for you. God is with you.
Salient points:
What is the Lord saying to us in this season amid the many uncertainties and chaos in the country and the world?
The word is “come”.
Let these 40-days be a season of “rest”.
In this season, God is truly asking us to come and abide in Him, to dwell in Him, not just to go in and out, but to learn to commune with him, to learn to fix our eyes on Him. And as we do that, God is going to bring rest.
Luke 14:16-21 [AMPC]
16 But Jesus said to him, A man was once giving a great supper and invited many;
17 And at the hour for the supper he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all is now ready.
18 But they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come.
21 So the servant came and reported these [answers] to his master. Then the master of the house said in wrath to his servant, Go quickly into the great streets and the small streets of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame.
The Lord has prepared a banquet for us; all we need to do is to “come”, as everything is ready for us.
In the urgency of the times, don't focus on the issues in the world. Focus on that “one thing” - spend time with God.
The Lord says, “Come and feast at My table”.
He has spread a table before us in the presence of our enemies (challenges, health problems, family problems, economic problems, political problems).
God has set a feast before us - and He wants to invite us to come to Him so that He can anoint our head with oil, and make our cup overflow.
There are three things about rest. How can we enter into that rest? What is God inviting us to in these 40 days?
Come and be…
Refreshed
Be rooted
Be renewed
God is the Fountain of Living Water. The Word of God is the Word of life.
When the Living Word is inside us, the life of God comes into us. The reason why we are not experiencing the Refreshing Spring is because we do not know how to engage with God through the Word.
We need to engage with God through the Word - not just reading, not even just understanding, but also proclaiming, declaring back to the whole spiritual realm; declaring back to our soul.
It's our soul that must be refreshed; our mind being refreshed is not good enough. This is because our soul is the will, the spirit, the emotions and the whole being of us. Internalise the Word, till it becomes flesh in us.
The more you repeat something, the more power it has over you.
So, as you read, proclaim, repeat, internalise it.
Personalise Psalm 23 (as a example):
Oh Lord God, You are my Shepherd. You are mine, oh Lord God.
I will never lack anything - I will not lack guidance, help, wisdom, finance, love.
And Lord God, You are always leading me into quiet waters.
Even though my soul is so disturbed, You're refreshing me, Lord. You're refreshing me today.
Oh Lord God, I will never be dry, and Lord, it is so wonderful You are helping me to make the right decisions, not just for my sake, but for your own name’s sake.
It's 100% I know that the decision I have to make today will be the right decision.
And even though I may go through valleys of darkness, I believe and I know, I know that You are with me.
Your rod of correction will correct me and Your staff will comfort me and not only that, oh Lord God, You are so good, You are going to prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemy (my enemies of confusion, fear, interpersonal relationships, problems with my family).
Right in the middle of that, Lord, You're going to spread a feast for me, giving me understanding.
Oh Lord God, You're going to anoint my head with oil - I will have fresh anointing. I'll be able to overflow, oh Lord God, that even when my friends come and ask me to pray for them, I will have a word for them.
Lord, I want to overflow. Thank you so much, Lord.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever, amen.
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Many people need us to overflow. That is why you must be nourished. You cannot give what you do not have; you cannot give what you do not have. If you did not receive from the Lord the peace, love and joy, you cannot give peace, love and joy.
Revelation 4:1 [AMPC]
We need to engage with God through the Word - not just reading, not even just understanding, but also proclaiming, declaring back to the whole spiritual realm; declaring back to our soul.
In these 40 days, there is an open heaven (over our home, church and ourselves).
But it cannot be opened (for you), if you don't want to spend time with God.
Revelation 3:20 [AMPC]
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me.
God is saying if any man hears my voice and opens that door there will be an open heaven.
God wants us to be rooted in His glory and in His love.
Songs of Solomon 2:4 [AMPC]
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love [for love waved as a protecting and comforting banner over my head when I was near him]
Ephesians 3:17-19 [AMPC]
17 May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love,
18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God’s devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it];
19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
The purpose of these 40 days is not only to refresh us, but also to root us, ground us to make sure when the next storm/challenge comes, we will not be defeated, we will not be blown away.
He wants us to be so grounded and that's why he's brought us into this great feast so that His banner over me is love.
Isaiah 40:28-31
28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding.
29 He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound].
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted;
31 But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired.
Before He can renew us, He must make sure that we totally believe that He loves us.
You will never allow someone to correct you, if you don't trust that that person is loving you.
Being rooted in God's love, being rooted in the glory of God is essential before He can renew us.
God’s understanding of us is greater than our understanding of ourselves.
He knows what is the key that will open the door that the jigsaw puzzle can come together.
He wants to renew our understanding and perspective of life.
God is renewing…
Our knowledge of Him. Start fasting and spend time with the Lord.
Our strength (inner strength/capacity). God needs to increase our capacity not just to cope but to overcome.
Our mind so that we have God’s perspectives of things
God is saying to us - I don't want you just to cope. I want you to overcome.
As we cling to the Lord, as we spend time with the Lord, we will soar with wings as eagles.
As we spend time with the Lord, as we are rooted in His love, rooted in His glory, as we refresh ourselves, as we read the Bible, as we allow Him to renew us, our minds, our thinking, our perspective change; we begin to have a God’s perspective.
Soaring is about advantage. Running is being ahead. Walking and not fainting, is about sustainability. Fly high, last long.
Proclaim: I will soar. I will have an advantage. I will run, I will be ahead not behind; I will walk, I will not faint because I have sustainability.
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Heavenly Father,
The longing of Your heart is that we'll be able to soar higher, run faster, walk longer. The desire of heart is that we be strengthened in our inner man - not just to cope, but to be an overcomer.
Lord, we want to thank You.
Today, I declare I will be an overcomer, not just a survivor because the Lord Who is within me is greater than he that is in the world.
And because You are more than a Conqueror, I will be more than a conqueror.
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VIDEO LINK: [SERMON] Urgency of the Times "Come" - Pr Lew Lee Choo // 6 Aug 2023 - YouTube
Prayer
Heavenly Father and righteous Judge,
Holy is Your name, it is greatly to be praised; Heavenly Father, by the Blood of Jesus, I step into the court of heaven, the heavenly court, where every invisible entity is judged in Jesus’ Name.
Heavenly Father, I thank You that it is written in Psalm 27:6 that now my head will be lifted above my enemies. Lord, I declare and decree that, as I'm in the court of heaven, my head will be lifted supernaturally above my enemies, including over the evil altar of delay.
No more delay, no more postponements in my life, in Jesus’ Mighty Name.
Heavenly Father, righteous Judge,
I repent of every transgression, every iniquity, and every open door in my life or my bloodline that the enemy has been using as a legal stronghold to delay my God-given destiny and the fulfillment of the promise of God in my life.
Lord, I'm asking that the Blood of Jesus speak for me in the court of heaven and silence the voice of the accuser.
Lord, now that the Blood of Jesus has silenced the voice of the accuser, cleanse me, and make me clean.
I ask now, in the Name of my Lord Jesus Christ, that the court of heaven issue a warrant of arrest or a decree of arrest over the evil order of delay and the spirit behind it over my life.
Every familiar spirit behind every delay in my life must now be arrested in the Mighty Name of Yeshua Jesus.
Heavenly Father, righteous Judge,
I thank you. I appeal to the court of heaven for the divine restraining order in my life to be released against this evil altar of delay.
I will not be delayed in the Mighty Name of my Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Lord, I appeal to the court of heaven to issue a supernatural spirit of speed.
I pray, Lord, that You release the anointing for speed - the quickening anointing - that all that has been delayed will be supernaturally quickened into the moment called “now” for my life, in Jesus' name.
What I've been waiting on for years, Lord, let it now be quickened into manifestation by the power of God because the devil and his demonic cohorts have been arrested by the superior court of heaven, in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank You, Lord for giving me a verdict of deliverance from my adversary. Thank You Lord for avenging me of my adversary that has been coming against the manifestation of all that God ordained for my life and ministry, in Jesus’ Name, I pray.
I thank You Lord for the victory. I thank You Lord that these demonic altars, these familiar spirits of delay have now been broken over my life.
In the Name of my Lord Jesus Christ, I'm now expecting nothing but acceleration. Supernatural acceleration is surrounding me now. The grace for speed is coming upon my head in the Mighty Name of my Lord Jesus Christ.
The grace for speed is coming upon my projects that have been delayed; they have been quickened right now, in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ.
God, I thank You that the anointing for speed is coming upon my bank accounts, my investments and my job, in the name of my Lord Jesus Christ, that my rising will be seen by many; and it will be supernaturally fast because You are giving me a recompense against the season of delay that the enemy ushered against me, in the Mighty Name of my Lord Jesus Christ.
In the Mighty Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, I declare that that evil author of delay has broken. It's collapsing now. I am delivered from it by the power of the Holy Spirit right now.
In the Mighty Name of the Lord Jesus Christ, no more delays, no more postponements. The spirit of speed has been released on my life by the power of the Holy Ghost.
The Word of the Lord in my life must now come to pass, in Jesus’ Name.
Ezekiel 12:28 is my portion. (Therefore, say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “None of My words will be postponed any more, but the word which I speak will be done,” says the Lord God.’)
In Jesus’ name, the spirit of delay is broken over my life; Hallelujah. Thank you, Lord.
Extracted from video link below (credit - Francis Myles International ministry)
VIDEO LINK: Uprooting The Evil Altar of Delay | Dr Francis Myles - YouTube
May there be a quickening anointing upon my life to quicken what the Lord has ordained for my life and ministry by the Spirit of the Living God, in Jesus’ mighty name.
I believe God has broken the spirit of delay and cut off the demonic cycles over my life.
Salient points:
God loves us too much to leave us in our smallness or foolishness. He will interrupt our lives to bring us into the greater plan He has for our lives.
Trials and testing can be a shortcut for us to enter into the promises that God has given us.
When we hit turbulence, let our first response be "praise and worship, thanking God".
God uses the trials and suffering we go through to develop something eternal in us. This is something that can only be produced under great duress, under great pressure.
When we change our thinking to align with the Scriptures, circumstances in our lives will also change accordingly.
Count it all joy when we go through trials/sufferings because these will do for us what all the money in this world cannot.
When we pass the test, we will come out with greater wisdom and a position of authority (breakthrough anointing)
The Lord has a breakthrough for us, but it has to start with us praising Him.
Endure the process of a trial. The Lord is faithful to see us through and perfect His work in our lives.
Notes from Ps Yang Tuck Yoong’s sermon on June 26, 2023 (Cornerstone Community Church Singapore) [TITLE: The Perplexity and Affliction of Job]
Apart from our Lord Jesus Christ, there are very few people in the world who have suffered as much as Job, who had to endure pain, humiliation and much suffering in the Old Testament.
He lost everything he loved, cherished and honour - all in one fell swoop. He lost all his children (his future); he lost all his wealth, his health, all his friends and he lost his dignity. The story of Job is a story that is replayed in every generation.
Now, God is drawn to the most righteous person on this planet, and so is the devil.
And this battle between God and Satan is fought over every single generation. The contested issue is always an issue of integrity and righteousness.
Will the righteous still love God even when the hand of blessing is removed? Will the righteous still praise him in the midst of the fiery trial?
The book of Job begins with an amazing description of Job, as the most righteous man in his generation. The Bible says there was no one like him on the earth. The Scriptures described him as blameless, righteous and upright; one who feared God and shunned evil.
Note: Job, Noah and Daniel were singled out as the three most righteous men who ever lived in the Bible.
This is important because their righteousness did not immune them from being tested. In fact, it was the outstanding righteousness that got them into hot soup in the first place. In other words, the godly will face this and trials.
Why? To prove to Satan that they love God more than their own lives.
Noah had to endure the ridicule of humanity for 120 years as he patiently built the ark. Daniel, that righteous prophet, was unjustly thrown into a lion’s den for his righteousness and outstanding devotion to God. But Job went through the greatest suffering of them all.
The question is can you find the God of mercy in the book of Job? The short short answer is yes.
God could have just left Job alone in his smallness. Initially, all that Job was is that he was a very righteous man, who was extremely wealthy, but he had a bickering wife and 10 pretty wayward children that loved to party. And he was in the safety of a protective bubble. God hedged him around in comfort and prosperity. And he was the wealthiest man in the East.
And if God did not interfere, if God did not intervene and interrupt Job’s comfortable life, we would have never heard of him. He would have just been a rich man who lived and faded into obscurity, and no one would be the wiser.
But God loved Job too much to leave him in his smallness. So, He intervened; and because He did, we all know Job today as one of the most outstanding and righteous men in the entire Bible. A man who did not sin even when everything was yanked under his feet.
As in the case of Job, God loves us too much to leave us in our smallness. He loves us too much to leave us to our foolishness. So, He will come and interrupt and disrupt our lives because He has a greater plan for our lives.
We should not ever complain when He does that, because He will not leave us in our smallness.
Psalm 11:5 (AMPC)
The Lord tests and proves the [unyieldingly] righteous, but His soul abhors the wicked and him who loves violence.
If you're righteous, the Lord will test you. But the wicked He leaves alone. So, the last thing you want is for God to leave you alone.
Whatever we do, pray that God will never leave us alone in our smallness and in our foolishness.
Now, God is drawn to the righteous, and so is the devil. But the devil is not just drawn to the righteous, but he is also drawn to those that God is going to use.
For example, Satan knew Simon Peter was the chosen vessel to lead the early church. So he sought to sift him. The good thing was he had to ask permission from the Lord Jesus.
This simply means if the devil is on to you, he has got to get past Jesus.
Jesus permitted Satan to sift Simon, knowing that Simon would deny him and betray him. He prayed for Simon that the whole experience would make him even stronger and Peter would emerge from that whole episode stronger and become the leader of the Apostolic band.
Similarly, with David, Satan knew that David was going to inherit the throne. He came against David, taking all David had. The enemy took away David’s family and everything he owned; as well as all the things that David's men owned and their families. This was Ziklag - probably the greatest and darkest moment in David's life (1 Samuel 30).
The Bible said they wept so hard that they had no more tears left. What do you do when you've lost everything? What do you do when everything has been taken and yanked from under your feet?
The Bible tells us that David encouraged himself in the Lord. The word encourage means to pour courage into you. But sometimes you don't have people around you to pour courage. You don't have people around to encourage you. In those times, you got to learn how to encourage yourself in the Lord.
There are times where we have got to learn how to encourage ourselves. We've got to learn how to pray in the Spirit, and worship God.
In the midst of a terrible trial, David put on a linen ephod, which is a prayer ministry. He got into prayer to seek the Lord. He said: Lord, what do I do? Should I pursue them? Will you give me victory?
God pulled David out of that fiery furnace, and the next thing we know, David was sitting on the throne of Judah.
These trials and testing are just a shortcut to the throne, in David’s case. In our case, trials and testing can be a shortcut for us to enter into the promises that God has given to us for many years.
Many believers are probably going through tough trials today - so much contradiction; prayers have gone unanswered; prayed for provision but find oneself in a position of being broke and bankrupt; some have been asking for healing for a long time only to find that their sickness and diseases have deteriorated; some prayed for their children, but they seem to fall into greater depravity. And what makes this all so deeply painful is that it's all happening at a time when you are trying to serve God the best you can and there's so much prayer being lifted up.
This is called perplexity. It is a state of confusion and a state of uncertainty. But it's also a state of transition. It simply means you're moving from one place to another place.
Make an internal decision: That our default behavior when we hit turbulence is to praise and thank God.
Even if we don't understand, we know that we know that all things will work together for good, for those that love Him. This is not only to prove the devil wrong, but to fill the celestial space with praise for God.
James 1:2-4 (AMPC)
2 Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations.
3 Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience.
4 But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing.
How do we react as believers when we fall into contradiction is the test.
So, let our default behaviour be according to what James wrote, and that is, to count it all joy. In other words, the moment you hit turbulence, rejoice. Why?
Because the trial is going to do for you what all the money in this world cannot.
Count it all joy. Why? Because the testing of your faith produces endurance.
This verse has nothing to do with our feelings. It has everything to do with how we think, how we process and how we respond.
Oftentimes, God doesn't change our situations because He's seeking to change us.
When contradictions or trials come our way what God is seeking to do is to develop something in us that is eternal and it can only be produced under great duress, under great pressure. They are helping us build a reserve for the last days.
So what we need to know is that when trouble strikes, regardless of what it is, we need to see it as a thing of joy.
We may not feel joy, but this has nothing to do with our feelings.
It is about what you're thinking. The moment you start thinking right, the feelings will follow in line, and your situation changes.
God wants to break us out from our smallness.
The moment we change our thinking to align with the Scriptures, everything in our life will start to align with the Scriptures.
God wants to perform a “surgery” in our lives. This may involve inconvenience, discomfort and pain. But if we voluntarily put ourselves in the process, there would be good results. It is in this “knowing” that will help us endure the pain of the “surgery”.
We can count it all joy when the Lord wants to do a surgery on us.
He is the Almighty God, our Heavenly Father. So, we know we are in good hands. Just trust the process, and let endurance have its perfect work.
There are many treasures in the darkness that we have to acquire.
When you're going through a trial, take your time to go through the process because there are things that you can acquire when you're going to the trials of life that you can never acquire anywhere else.
Job suffered about six months before God delivered him from his adversity.
And if you will endure the process, He will bring you out of the trial and He will perfect His work in your life (Romans 8:28).
The greatest test in a test is the lack of perspective.
For example, when Job was going through a trial, he lost all the ability to be objective. He lost his perspective because the fire was so hot.
As for Joseph, he was sent to prison for doing something right with Potiphar’s wife. The Bible tells us two things about Joseph when he was in prison in Psalm 115:22 and Psalm 105:22.
When Joseph came out of prison, he came out with wisdom that far surpassed others. So, there's something about a prison experience that when you come out of it, God gives you wisdom. The prison experience can form the nature of Christ in us.
The second thing as Joseph yielded to the prison experience was that he could bound the princes at his pleasure. This means Joseph gained a position of authority as he came out of that prison experience.
These lessons tell us that every time we come out of a “prison” experience, we gain a position of authority.
If you came out from a “financial prison” and God has delivered you, then you have the authority to help people come out from a “financial prison”.
If you came out from a long-standing sickness and God has healed you, then you have the authority to pray for people and to deliver those who have long-standing sicknesses.
The prison experience gives you authority.
So, whenever God puts you through a trial (or prison experience), embrace the experience because when you come out of that experience, God is going to give you a position of authority.
God has got more for our lives than we could ever imagine. Don't allow our small thinking rob us of eternal greatness.
God has a dream and a plan for our lives. Sometimes we have to go into the wilderness or prison sentence because it is in these tough moments that God forms us, and puts His nature in us. And sometimes, that's the only way that the Lord can change us.
Whatever we're going through, if we will learn to change our disposition and start praising God, giving Him the glory and learning to count it all joy, something will shift in us. Something will change and God will bring us out of that prison.
In Ziklag, when David lost everything, he responded by praising the Lord.
Let our default behaviour when we hit turbulence is to first praise the Lord. No more complaining, no more murmuring. Give God praise and thanks.
No more asking why me, why You do this to my family. We have to stop saying that.
We should instead say to God: I praise You for Who You are. My life is in Your hands. My times are in Your hands and I'll praise You.
Just bless the Lord and praise the Lord. The Bible says bless the Lord, oh my soul and all that is within me. Bless His Holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all His benefits.
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good and His mercy endures forever.
Break the power of the enemy by praising the Lord and giving the Lord glory.
The Lord has a breakthrough for us, but it has to start with us praising Him.
That prison experience is to accelerate the Lord’s grace upon our lives, and we will come out of it with such grace, beauty, strength and much purity.
When Job came out from his trials, the Lord blessed him and doubled everything that he had before. God prospered Job, and made him a greater man than he ever was. We all know Job’s name today, because God did not leave Job in a smallness.
