Pastor Ray…
Good morning. This morning, right before we lift Him up and worship the Lord, I was to read a quote from Reinhardt Bonnke. He always had a different slant and great insight into the Word of God. He said, “There’s no greater challenge or greater call, no greater personal instruction than to read God’s Word and let it abide in your life, imprinting it on the pages of your heart and mind. Walking daily in the power of His Word will make a permanent impact on your faith, your emotions, and your destiny.”
So just standing on the Word, getting it even more greatly in our hearts, declaring it, letting it be imprinted upon us. And that power that’s in that Word will take us all the way through. It’ll make a difference in our faith. It’ll make a difference in our emotions. We always want that. And then our destiny that He placed within us, the Word takes us through and we don’t just barely get through. We are going through all the way in victory in Jesus’ name. All right, Ms. Peggy, go ahead. Lift Him up.
Peg led group in worship…
Pastor Ray…
This morning when I woke up, I had something about flier. So when I came in, I was looking for something else, different book, but then I saw this one. See that flame? It’s by Reinhardt Bonnke and it’s called “Daily Fire.”
Here’s how we should look… on fire! Just like the day of Pentecost. We’re Pentecostals and a lot of times … I don’t think we forget about it, but maybe we just don’t think about it. We’re baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire! And so this is a good book because it’s a daily devotional. So every day, we need more fire. We need the fire. I think my father used to say, “Do you want me to put a fire under you?”
In this book I saw this this morning, it’s like seven just real simple rules for prayer. And that caught my attention. They’re basic things, but I love how he says these things.
Number one, of course, we ask God in faith. He said we cannot ask too much and blow a fuse by overloading the demand on divine help. It’s not going to happen. The Bible says ASK. That’s His command. So you cannot be outside the will of God by asking, but you can tie His hands if you don’t ask. Ouch! So what do we do? Keep on asking.
Number two. Do not come apologetically. So ask any way. Have you ever said that? That’s not a good prayer. Ask anyway and let God decide how to ask. He’s the way maker. He’s the one that does the work. We’ve made it such a mark of high piety to ask only for what God wants, that it contradicts what Jesus said” “and whatever you ask
in my name, that I will do.” John 14:13. God allows mature believers free choice over a large areas of their lives and blesses what they decide.
Number three. Forgive as God forgives you. Whenever you stand praying if you have anything against anyone, just forgive them. Forgive him that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. That’s Mark 11:25.
Number four. Do not pray to be heard of men, but with sincerity, remember, God is full of grace.
Number five. Pray in the name of Jesus, of course, since we are in Him in Christ, one with Him, when we pray in the name of Jesus, we’re speaking with His merits imputed to us. Use common sense in your prayers. Don’t make light of the name never, ever, ever, ever.
Number six. Cherish the Word of God. Notice the balance of the sentence. If my words abide in you, you will ask what you desire and it shall be done for you. John 15:7. So if my words abide in you, then you’ll ask what you desire, but your desires will line up to the Word. If you’ve got the Word abiding in you, you’re not going to go off on some other deal and ask things that are not right. The Psalmist wrote, “If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.” Psalm 66:18. Treasure the word of Christ. Do not cherish iniquity.
And then number seven. Deal with obstacles to answered prayer. So one of the big obstacles, Jesus warns why many times we’ve not been heard… He who doubts. You cannot get an answer. The phone line is cut off. The plug is pulled. If we doubt that what His says is true and it will come… If we doubt it, why would we even pray it? We can’t let doubts get in. Let not that man suppose he’ll receive anything from the Lord. You ask and you do not receive because you ask amiss that you might just, you know, use it for all of your own little deals and pleasures. James 1:6. Not that He does not want us to be blessed, of course. If He said it, He’ll do it.
These are basic but they’re not simple. I remember brother Kenneth Hagan would say you can’t play baseball with football rules. You got to use the Word the way says it should be.
Prayed…
Father, we lift you up. We magnify You, our Father. Thank You for sending Your Son. Thank You for Jesus. What took place on the cross… made us to not be lost… Thank You for the blood… the power of the blood… that that same blood is still working on our behalf… we have been baptized and we also have been set on fire… and that fire, Your fire, should be so resident in our hearts that it’ll come up and come out… and when we speak, we’ll not be thinking about what somebody thinks or trying to make an impression… But then from our hearts, we’ll just declare what You want us to declare… Your Word and your words are working right now… they’re working in our country… they’re working on the earth… in every nation on this earth… Your plan and purpose is happening… your will is coming to pass… Your Word is working… You are faithful… You’ve never changed… You’re still the same. Thank You, Holy Spirit for filling us up to a greater degree than ever before… we’re taking more ground or more territory in Jesus’ name… what belongs to the church we contend for… we believe for the plan and the purposes that You put in our hearts, that these things will come to pass in these days… if we’ve ever been cold, if we’ve ever cooled off so much that we need more of You, let us burn with an even greater desire for more of heaven in our own lives… And so we’ll press in. And so we’ll press ahead and we’ll continually contend for Your will and purpose…
Pastor Ray…
I’m thinking about some missionaries that I know and they’re way out on the field. They wouldn’t have to be there, but they’ve answered the call. They said yes. And they’re doing everything they know to do. Naturally speaking, they’re working, they’re doing things to bring in finances, but by the power of the Holy Spirit, they’re contending and moving and speaking.
Prayed…
And so we lift up missionaries all over the globe. Thank You for those that have said “Yes, Lord. We’ll go. We’ll do we’ll move.” We pray for hidden things to be revealed to them… ideas, avenues… Your perfect plan for these men and women… that there needs to be met… we pray that the finances have come in… in the name of Jesus, ministering spirits, we say, go, go, go and bring in the finances… We call them forth and we declare “increase” … so we get in agreement with you this morning that now is the time and these are the days… we take authority over any kind of lack… Lack, get out, get away from the Church in Jesus name… We lift up the Church… we lift up all of the ministries across the earth and we know that there’s been an attack through the virus against finances, so we were calling for a turnaround… in the name of Jesus, we’re not lined up with what the media says and how difficult it will be. And it will be month after month after month. No, in Jesus’ name, we declare an absolute turnaround today in Jesus’ name. A turnaround… oh my let’s continually stand over in the land of more than enough in every area, in every arena…I pray for a great multiplication today in the name of Jesus… where finances will come and different numbers and amounts will come in… we declare this morning “a multiplication in Jesus’ name” …. Hallelujah… we believe to enter on into that… no delay… businesses are picking up now…. they’re not going down, they’re going up in the name of Jesus… we pray over businesses in Jesus’ name… for what has been sown, the tithes that have been given in Jesus’ name,
these things shall multiply and come back in greater numbers than ever before… Increase of favor, increase of divine supernatural favor in the name of Jesus… everything right, nothing broken or in ill repair, but absolute restoration … restoration ways… let Your joy, Lord, consume the church… let Your joy be strength to your body… we take authority over a touch of depression wherever that’s tried to penetrate into the body of Christ… No, no. In Jesus’ name, any touch of depression, “go” “Spirit of suicide, leave, get out, and go in the name of Jesus… healing wholeness, wellness, turning things around, repairing things that were broken, restoring things, making things new… we’ll say it today: A fresh new start… a startup into some new territories… arenas… being separated from what’s taken place over the last months, separated from it and moving over into the new in Jesus’ name… greater days, greater authority… we declare a stability this morning, a real strong sense that things are moving in the better ways in the greater ways in Jesus’ name… turnaround, turnarounds, complete turnarounds… a shift… a shift… shifting in Jesus’ name…
I don’t know what that was. Somebody part was just healed up. I don’t know what that was. It’s almost like I got a body parts are being healed right now in the name of Jesus. The doctor didn’t know what to do. Doesn’t know what to do has been no help, but the doctor Jesus and the blood and the name Jesus. And in that name by the stripes that He took, you are restored today in Jesus’ name… shaking off the dust… shaking it off your feet and moving ahead… the past cannot hold on to the future for we’re stepping over into greater ways and greater days… we declare it by faith…
We believe in by faith… We declare it by faith… that’s gone and over… finished… we’re moving on…
Peg led group in worship…
Barb shared and then prayed…
There was a time when Elisha faced off with the prophets of Baal. And he rebuilt the altar. The prophets spent hours trying to call on their gods and they did not answer. But Elisha rebuilt the altar. It says in scripture “and it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice that Elisha the prophet came near and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, Let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel. And that I am my servant. And that I have done all these things at thy word.” So could we not say that as the church, as the people of God? Let it be known that thou art God in the United States of America at Living Word Christian Center, in the lives of the people here in this church, in this body, that we’re Your servants. That we’ve done all these things at Your word. It says “Hear me, Lord, hear me that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou has turned their heart back again. Then the fire of God fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust. And licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and they said, the Lord, he is the God, the Lord. He is the God.
And that’s where we are today. Standing in this place, believing, and trusting because we know His Word is true and the things that He has spoken to us, they are true. And now is the time that we say “You are God. And I thank You that You are the one who proves You are God. All we do is stand and believe. And we know that Your fire is coming.
What is fire? Fire brings that judgment to the earth. It consumes that sacrifice. It consumes those things that need to be consumed. And it proves to everyone, His people, it was proven to Israel, not just the unbelievers. He was proving to His own people. “I’m your God. I am God. And I will be who I said I would be, and I will come and I will answer by fire glory to God.”
Prayed…
So Father, God, we believe in you, we believe in Your Word. We stand on Your word today, knowing that You are working… in us… in Your church… in this nation… we glorify and praise You and we thank You that You are moving and You are sending Your fire glory to God… You are the God who answers by fire. Hallelujah. I thank You, that Your fire comes and it consumes everything that does not belong in the Church… Your fire comes and it consumes everything that does not belong in us… it comes and consumes everything that does not belong in this nation… Your fire comes, Father, and consumes… this is the time, the hour of deliverance for Your people, for this nation… Oh, Father God… and you know that it had not rained in that land, but after this happened, the rain came after the fire… the rain came after the fire came… the rain came, the rain came, the revival came, the glory came into the earth… Hallelujah… Thank You, Father… fire fire, fire, that cleansing fire, that cleansing fire that brings the rain… Hallelujah. Glory to God… it’s time for change to come… it’s time for change to come… come into the body… coming to the earth… we give you place… w give you honor… You sit in the heavens and You laugh… at the plots of mere puny, men, Father God, these men with their little plans… they think they have it figured out, Father… they think they’ve come up with the best plan that cannot fail. Lord… Oh, glory to God. Oh, but You laugh at their plans… because they will not prevail… Glory to God, You are the one that prevails… Your word prevails… Your plan prevails above all else… Glory to God… in the name of Jesus… we come up out of the shallows today… we come up, we step up out of the shallow places today and we step up into Your glorious place in the name of Jesus Christ… we rise up as the body in Jesus’ name and we stand in our places, glory to God… we will not be moved… we stand firmly planted it in Your Word… rooted and grounded… transformation, Father… yes, Father, I thank You for Your angels that are working right now, glory to God… they are being dispatched into places all over this nation, uncovering those things that need to be uncovered… I thank you, Father… there are more with us that are with them… we are not limited in any way, but we are unlimited… glory to God in your name… grace, grace… we demand, we demand a turnaround… we demand a turnaround… wow in the name of Jesus, we demand a turnaround in Jesus’ name… we command you to turn in the name of Jesus… we command this political situation to turn in Jesus’ name… we command you to obey… we command you to obey and line up with the Word of God… we command you to line up with the will of God in Jesus’ name… straighten out in Jesus’ name… straighten out in the name of Jesus… yes, the commander in chief, He commands those things to be the right way… our commander in chief speaks the truth. He commands those things and they come to pass because He sits in that seat of authority, glory to God… He is the commander under the hand of God and He commands those things and they turn in Jesus’ name… I thank You, Father God, the words of faith that come out of his mouth, they are honored by you, Lord. I thank You, Father. Today, your anointing lifts him up into a place where he can see beyond the natural… and into the supernatural from that seat of authority in Jesus’ name… Hallelujah… we lift him up when Jesus’ name… You continue to command those things to be in Jesus’ name… You command those things to be… that not are not as they seem to be… Command them to continue … command and speak from that seat of authority… we undergird you today by the blood of Jesus Christ… we undergird that seat of authority today in Jesus’ name… No, no, in Jesus’ name… you will not undermine that authority in the name of Jesus. We cut you off in Jesus’ name… we will not let you or allow you into that seat of authority in this nation… In Jesus’ name, we cover that seat with the blood of Jesus, and we will not allow any man into that place of authority that is not in line with the will and the Word of God in Jesus’ name… we block you from that place in Jesus’ name… we block you from that place by the blood of Jesus Christ… we surround the White House right now with the blood of Jesus. In Jesus’ mighty name… the blood of Jesus, the blood of Jesus over that table. In the name of Jesus, we plead the blood of Jesus over that table… we plead the blood of Jesus over that table… everyone that sits at that table, we plead the blood of Jesus over every person that sits at that table… in the name of Jesus, the blood of Jesus, the blood of Jesus over you, everyone who sits at his table, the blood of Jesus over you, everyone that sits at his table… the blood of Jesus over you, the blood of Jesus over your mind, the blood of Jesus over your words, the blood of Jesus over every single thing that comes out of your mouth… every thought that you have the blood of Jesus over you… that table is covered… every person that steps up to that table, the blood of Jesus over you… blood of Jesus over your mouth… the blood of Jesus over your eyes in Jesus’ mighty name… yes father, we lift up that rabbi that You’ve given place there … in the name of Jesus that he would speak the right words at that table… the anointing of God rests upon him to speak there in the name of Jesus Christ… assignments, assignments in Jesus’ name… over the generals in Jesus’ name… the generals at the table in the name of Jesus …line up in Jesus’ name? Oh yeah, yeah, yeah… This is not just for the government, but this is for the Church as in the government, that table is also in the Church… so we cover those that sit at the table, that table, those commanders, those commanders in Jesus’ name… those leaders, those generals in the body, those that sit at the table, Father… the prophets in the land, Father, in Jesus’ name… we hold them up and lift them up in Jesus’ name that they would stand strong… stand strong and not waiver, but stand firm in the truth and the Word that You have given them in Jesus’ name… the blood of Jesus over them, the blood of Jesus over their families… every attack of the enemy against them in Jesus’ name comes to nothing… thank You, Father, for total restoration… total restoration around the table… total restoration at the table, total restoration at the table… Hey, hallelujah. Glory to God… I thank you, Father God, for every single one of us… You have set a table before us, glory to God, and I thank You that we sit at that table and we partake… Glory to God… we partake of healing… we partake a peace… we partake of Your glorious presence… everything that we need, all the provision we partake of today, glory to God… we sit at Your table and we dine, we feast… Hallelujah. Hallelujah… I thank You for bringing a feast to Your Church… thank You for bringing a feast to the body… Hallelujah…glory to God, glory to God… Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah… You, Father…
I just keep seeing a feast… at a great feast there’s great joy. There’s great joy at the feast. Because we have victory, glory to God. We have the victory. There’s joy at the feast. There’s dancing at the feast… glory to God…. It’s a party glory to God. It’s a party. The feast, hallelujah. We’re feasting on His victory. We’re feasting on His presence. Hallelujah. It brings joy and it brings a dance. It brings a dance.
You have anything you can play for a dance?
It brings a dance. It brings joy unspeakable, glory to God and full of glory. When you can’t speak it out, what do you do? Well, if you can’t speak it out, you got to do something. You can’t get it out of your mouth. You got to get it out somehow. Right? Glory to God. Thank You for the victory today. Thank you for the victory today. Glory to God. Thank You for the victory today. Victory in Jesus’ name … glory to God. Victory, victory, victory, victory, glory to God victory… Jesus, thank You, Jesus ….glory, glory, glory, glory.
Group continues to shout praises to God…
Pastor Ray shared…
My mother-in-law always would say… anytime we’d get together, she’d say “Let’s have a wingding.” Have you ever heard of a wingding? It’s time for the Church to have a wingding! That means getting…getting out of old ways and the old days and the old plans and into Holy Ghost… Wingdings! Where the legs begin to move again. The feet begin to dance again. The glory of God begins to fall again. It’s time for a wingding. I’m telling you, when the fire really hits us, Holy Ghost fire, we’ll do something that we would never just do in the natural. Because that fire changes how we act, how we speak, and where we go. Hallelujah. That’s good. Let’s never get in the rut of sadness. But let’s stay up in the river of gladness, the joy of the Lord. What’s that? Our strength!
God bless your Friday. We are blessed. You are blessed. Thank you for tuning in and for coming. Thank you. Yeah, go out and have a wingding.
