The Harvest Anointing!

A Word from the Lord:

"For the days that I have set before you are days of harvest...days of reaping that which has been sown.  Know, this, says the Lord, that every harvest is the direct result of seed!  No harvest is accidental or happenstance...I am the Lord of the harvest and I speak words of life and command blessing over the seeds that are sown in faith and in faithfulness.  The enemy wages battle against every harvest.  There has never been a harvest without battle.  There has never been a victory without war.  Sharpen your swords, lift up your voice, prepare for the season of harvest in your life.  This is not a moment, a day or a time of harvest, but a season. Do not be found lacking, do not be found slacking, disengaged or distracted.  The enemy would try to divert your attention and cause you to miss even a part of your harves, and you do have a harvest! The harvest is not just for a few, and my call on your life is not just to particpate in somebody's else's harvest.  I have placed a sickle in your hands, I have set before you the results of the seeds of your life.

Your harvest is the result of the words of your mouth, your faith, your action and the seed that you have sown in love.  The harvest is not small, but substantial.  The harvest is significant!  I have also called those who will labor among you.  I have raised up those who will encourage you, strengthen you and stand with you when the day of harvest grows long.  Be in courage...the harvest is not for the faint of heart...train, prepare and ready yourself for the task at hand.  Know that I delight over you and take great pleasure in the success of your harvest."

I Declare War!

We are at war!

I declare war on the enemy...on the spirit of and mentality of poverty, on the mentality of the small and ineffective church, on the lies and strategies against pastors, churches and ministers.

A Word from the Lord:

"These are the days of war! The enemy is pushing in on every side to discourage and dismantle the army of God.  His tactics are shrewd, but they never change - his position is one of the lie.  His force is built on falsehood and deception.  Many have fallen, many will fall, many will become ineffective in this day.  Many will look to methodology and will comfort themelves with the very tools that the enemy has lied to them about.

I call you to war - I call you to gird yourselves up, to strengthen your hands to stabilize your heart, to encourage your spirit, to take up the shield of faith and the sword of My Spirit.  Push in to Me as the Captain of the Host. I am rallying My people.  This is not a time kto get distracted by the affairs of this world, this is not a time to get distracted by the affairs of the church.  I am doing a work in this hour that is for this hour!  I am doing a work that is for this generation.  All over the earth, I am doing a fresh thing. My mercies are new every morning and I have not forgotten nor have I abandoned my people.  My word over you is yes and amen, my anointing over you is  "now" anointing.  Do not look to yesterday's standards or methods, do not lean upon or depend on yesterday's anointing.  It was for yesterday, stir yourselves up, know Me for who I am.  I am fully revealed in My word!  My word has been designed as a "today word", it is a living word.  It is able to sustain, strengthen, challenge, correct and guide.  Speak my word with life vitality and with authority, stand on it in faith regardless of your trials or circumstances. 

There are those throughout history that have proven My word.  They never bowed to the pressure of what is, but always lived by the possibility of what can be by My word.  The tactics of the enemy are revealed in My word, the strategies of his defeat are revealed in My word, the life of your success is revealed in My word.  My word is greater than your darkest moments, bigger than your biggest challenges, it exceeds your tribulations, it goes beyond your wildest dreams, it is your source of life and your key to happiness.  It is your peace, your health, your wholeness, your satisfaction.  All that you ever need Me to be is revealed in My word.

I have anointed you for this season.  I have equipped you for this battle.  I have raised you up and breathed into you the fresh life of authority and discernment.  Hear Me, listen to Me, I will shape your days, I will direct your paths and I will establish your appointments.  I will go before you and I will come behind you.  I will surround you on every side with My grace and My love.  Your life is secure in Me - I am your hope, I am your calling, I am the Lord your God!!!"

By Grace Through Faith!

"By Grace through Faith"

This morning, I am deeply struck with the passage of scripture in Eph. 2:1-10.  Like you, I can easily remember the time that I was dead in my trespasses and responsible for my own sin.  I am thankful today for the grace of God, by which I have been made alive!  The interesting point to me in this passage is that many times, we tend to miss the fact that we are not only redeemed, but that we have been "raised up" and that we "sit together" in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.  I think all of us can grasp that theologically, but bringing into our daily reality is the point of this devotion.  I find this passage to actually be a declaration of the Father over our lives!  I have been redeemed, I am raised up in Christ above all authorities and I am seated with Him in heavenly places!  How does that work it's way into my daily life?

I have to walk in that in three specific ways:

1.)  I must renew my perspective!  (Col. 3:1-3)

I now have the ability to think like God thinks and to see myself the way that He sees me.  I must start defining my reality and live my life based on the truth of the Word and not my daily experiences.  

2.)  Release my past! (Gal. 2:20)

I must get out of the graveyard of my past.  There is nothing there for me...I must make a decision to live my life NOW, by virtue of the authority and the anointing that is a result of my relationship with Christ.    I will not be dictated by my past, by the lies of the past, the reality of the past or the hurts and pains of the past.

3.)  Redeem my purpose! (Eph. 1:3-12)

I have not arrived at this place in my life by mistake...I did not just stumble into this place of life and ministry...I am here by divine calling!  I am on this earth because God has a unique purpose for me.  He has a redemptive plan for my life and I will fulfill His calling on my life while I am on this earth!

I stand with you today in all that God has purposed for your life and ministry.  I agree with God's declaration over you that you are not only redeemed, but have been raised up with Christ and sit with Him in authority.  No power, principality or darkness will stand successfully against you.  You have been endued with the transcendent anointing..."GREATER is He that is in you, than he that is in the world"!! You are a world overcomer and destined for greatness in your life.

The Balance of Life

The balance of my life is relative to responsibility and possibility.  I don't want to live in a way that is irresponsible, thus losing the opportunity of God possibilities.  I don't want to be found in a place where, due to the lack of controlling my environment - I end up "managing" my life as opposed to "living" my life.  The days that I am living are too important to throw away!!