Ms. Annie led us singing There Is Nothing Like You’re Presence
♪ Oh My Lord, there is nothing like Your presence
I want more of You, there is nothing like Your presence
Oh, You’re beautiful, You’re glorious
You’re beautiful, You’re glorious ♪
Ms. Jeani shared…
You know, it was in God’s presence that David killed the lion and the bear
And all of us have killed the lion and the bear in His presence
And when Goliath presents himself and he will
It will pay off that you have killed the lion and the bear
The blessed assurance that Goliath’s head is being cut off
And it is easier than it was when you killed the lion and the bear
You are giant killers, you are more than conquerors
Be assured that time in the secret place, time in My presence
Is not only not wasted but it is multiplied
for such a time as this, for such a time as this
David was little, he was small and he was mighty
You are mighty, it is by My Spirit, it is by My might
The Father in You that does the work, you are giant killers
Ms. Annie continued singing…
♪ Oh My child, I long for you to come in My presence
I have so much more for you, come into My presence
Oh My child, come into My presence
I have so much more I want to show you and give you in My presence
I am Your Lord, your Father, your friend
I am your helper, I said I would be with you till the end
Oh My child, I am your Savior, your father and your friend
I am You helper, I said I would be with you til the end
Oh My Lord there’s nothing like Your presence
I want more of You there nothing like Your presence
Lord, Your beautiful Your glorious
Lord, Your beautiful Your glorious
Oh My Lord, There’s nothing like Your presence
I want more, there’s nothing like Your presence
Lord, You’re beautiful, You’re glorious
Lord Jesus, You’re beautiful, You’re glorious ♪
Pastor Ray…
Hallelujah, we do want more
We are looking for more, we are expecting more, we receive more
It is by faith, it is through faith, and in our faith this morning we receive more of Your presence
There is more and more and more
I heard this when Ms. Jeani shared about David taking that giant down and cutting his head off. That symptoms can rise up and look just like a giant in these days for each one of us individually and then many times corporately together as a group, a group of believers. I saw ourselves put our hands on our heads. If you wouldn’t mind doing that right now and say this after me. “Father, the anointing that is resident within me breaks every yoke, heals every internal part. My mind is clear. My mind thinks right. My mind acts right. My mind is directed by my spirit.”
Now put your hand on your heart and say “Heart, be strong. Blood, be right. Be lined up. Be corrected and restored the way you should have been, the right blood pressure is right for me today, 120 over 80.”
Now any other place on your body, I want you put your hand where you have a need. I don’t know what they are, He knows.
These things are like that giants head, sayeth the Lord, and they are coming down
They are being cut off, dispensed of, done away with in the name of Jesus
Cancer is not over the name that is above every other name
Jesus is over, that name is above every other name
So, limbs you be strong, knees be strong, feet be right, internal parts work correctly
Every hindrance by removed in Jesus’ name – get out of the way for this body is going through
This body is expanding, I am talking about the body of Christ, who we are members of
Body, the body of Christ is on the increase
For we are marching in authority, and we are marching in wholeness and wellness
And our minds are looking at the things that we already gone beyond and gone through
And looking out into what we will say today is new!
New territory, new realms, new understanding, new receptivity, new expectation!
And new joy! which brings about a supernatural strength within each one of us!
Whatever needs to be rearranged, to be changed be rearranged and be changed
Now today – we will take it for others too
We’re members of the body, that is how the body works
We call forth healing and wholeness for our sisters and our brothers
For our families, our relatives, people that we know that are dealing with symptoms, disease, attacks, lack – we call for breakthroughs this morning in Jesus’ name
Be whole, be healthy, be restored in the name of Jesus
And we declare no weapon, not any weapons formed against any one of us will prosper in Jesus’ name
No, no, no! Thank You, Father
Some things are unmeasurable, difficult to measure how and when but to know by the Spirit and in the Spirit and by faith receive
We can know without a shadow of a doubt things are changing
And we as members of the body are changing too, and we are walking into the NEW – hallelujah!
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 day after day after week after month after month and into the years ahead
We overcome by the blood of the Lamb
We testify about it!
We’ve overcome, you’ve overcome, we overcome together
We have been made and created to be together – members of a body
We are not just on our own, we have not just been let go and left here alone
But we’ve been given others to join up together with
Words, words, words, words – what about what we say?
How critical and how important are the words we declare over our own selves
Over our own families, over our own churches, over our own nation
Words, we declare over the United States this morning, over America
We pray for the president, the vice president – lifting up those in positions of authority in Jesus’ name
And declare “Your word will have its way in America!”
We pray that that revival that You have spoken about in Your Word, that awakening that shall surely come, revivals turning into that great last day awakening where souls come in
State by state by state including our own state of Minnesota
Minnesota is moving, it’s changing, things are being rearranged
Some are being rooted out, others are being positioned in
We pray for the right replacements – the right leaders in our own state
We pray for the ones that are leading right now, our governor and all those down below him
Thank You Father, thank You for it
Today, daily, every day there are changes
For the words that we speak they create and they make a way for the right changes
The words that we speak, they put a stop to the wrong changes, the changes that are going in the wrong direction
For the mission from heaven, the direction from heaven that’s been called for us to do
The positions, the plans, the purposes, the resources necessary to carry them out
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Wheww!! Hallelujah!
These are supernatural given changes, we speak it, God fulfills it
Is He finished? Well, yes and no
Things were finished on the Cross but then He gave us the authority and right and the privilege and the honor and the anointing to call them forth in these hours and these days
Thank You Lord, Thank You, Lord
Those resources, the increase… I know this will sound weird but you know there are some new wood trees in the Atrium. Maybe you didn’t notice or maybe you wondered what on earth is that. But right now I saw those things growing money. It’s like dollars, it’s an expectation that what we, Living Word Christian Center, have already gone through at the end of last year, the increases that has already come forth, that we are on heaven’s roll. We are not just on a man kind of roll. We are on a supernatural roll! On a roll of increase, on a roll of expansion, on a roll of more and we can make things be the way they should be if we will just speak about it and declare this is the way it shall be and not quit, not give up, not give in, not lay down in a whimper.
Continued praying…
It will be right, it is right
It will continually be right, it will continue to increase
There is momentum in the camp! And hidden things, things that were lost
Things that were stolen – they are coming back in
Being brought to the light again, some things we will take off the shelf
That we thought we would do, that we thought we would walk in
We will receive them again with great expectation and believe God for them!
Oooohh! It is a show and a revelation about the assignments that He’s called us to
Bridges, bridges, bridges, divine access to others, to other ministries, other cities, to other states
We can name it and we can claim it
Okay, just so we have it straight
We can put a name to the things He has shown us to name and call it forth and believe we receive it
Claim it by faith and contend for it in the Spirit and begin to see it
It may come one step or one day at a time, it may come from other places that we didn’t know about
But it is coming, Increase! Say that “Increase!”
It’s increase! Hallelujah
Every step, the steps are ordered and we receive our orders
Holy Spirit, thank You
As Ms. Annie was singing about the presence, you know we take our place in that presence
The absence of His presence is unacceptable
But His presence it’s necessary, it’s not just necessary it’s absolutely… I am at a loss for words to say
It is required but we require it, it is a necessity in our lives
Pastor Ray shared…
You know one accord, being in one accord is so critical for the body, for wholeness and wellness, being in one accord, being in the same rivers in the belief system that we’ve been given in this Word.
Hallelujah, for the Lord is good
You are good, Lord, You are faithful, You’re worthy of praise and admiration
Yesterday Sandy saw a message. And sometimes people that think they are in the know and think they know how to go and think they know exactly what the Word always says and what it means. Sometimes they are so far away from what the Word actually says. And she saw a post and they quoted some of the Word you know “go into your own closet and get in there and pray.” And it was a dig against togetherness, corporate-ness, gathering together. And so we were talking about when the 120 and it ended up to be 120. It started out to be more. You know but others had deals and they left. But 120 were gathered in the upper room. It didn’t say they had 120 closets up there. If you have gone on a tour to Israel, you say what they think could have been the upper room. There were no closets.
Of course, I get it. I mean we need our own connection. We can’t go on somebody else’s shirt tails. We need our own time with Him. We love You, Lord, Father, we praise You, we magnify You.
Ms. Annie led us singing I Love You Lord and I Lift My Voice
Good reports, reports that are good based on what the Word says
Lift us up and bring us into a new realm of authority, a different position or place
Where we can receive more, a greater dimension of His presence
We love You, Lord, Your will and Your plan
Scripture focus…
(23) After they were permitted to go, [the apostles] returned to their own [company] and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.
(24) And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them,
(25) Who by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things [that will not succeed]?
(26) The kings of the earth took their stand in array [for attack] and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah).
(27) For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel,
(28) To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur.
(29) And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly,
(30) While You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus.
(31) And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage.
(33) And with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all. Acts 4:23–31, 33 (AMPC)
Ms. Kay led us praying over the finances…
Every member prospering! Every member prospering and bringing their supplies!
Every member understanding the tithe principle
Every endeavor prospering
Not one will go by the wayside – everyone prospering!
That Your will would come, that Your power would come
That everything, Lord, would be exactly as You intended it to be in Jesus’ name
We declare that the months ahead would prosper more than ever
Not just large checks coming in, but everyone prospering, everyone!
We are not limited by our jobs – we are limited only by our minds and what we believe in our hearts
We look to You, Father – You are the supplier, You are the one we give our life to
You are the one that prospers us, Your Word has been spoken and You fulfill Your Word
Because you are faithful, You are faithful to bring us into the place of prosperity
Like we have never seen in Jesus’ name
I declare clarity! Clarity and understanding and wisdom
To pour down upon our congregation
So they know how to prosper the way You intended them to prosper
I come against cloudiness and confusion
Any kind of strife in the families that would bring confusion in Jesus’ name
I pray that there is clarity of understanding how to walk in Your ways
Not as the world walks but as You walk!
And the prosperity that You have promised would come to every member of this body
Without delay, without hesitation, now is the day!
Your promises are true and faithful and we receive them for all of us
In Jesus’ name
There are not little ones and big ones
They are all big, all big – Jesus loves all
He came to provide prosperity for everyone
Not just the ones we see out in front and look big to us
Every one of us is full of the presence of God, the same presence that creates, that brings prosperity, He created in each one of us, even the little ones that are not very important in their own sight or in other’s sights maybe but inside of us are seeds, seeds that He can use, that He has planted, He wants to use, He wants us to fall into our place so that we can grow into a great tree individually and corporately to accomplish what He has planned for us to accomplish in the earth at this time in Jesus’ name
Pastor Ray…
I want to remind you that on Friday evening there is a prayer and worship event here at the church. Some different churches will be represented. On Friday morning in Morning Prayer we will be praying for that event. And one of the things I felt led to do is to go out of here and over on into the sanctuary and walk the sanctuary and lay hands on the seats. So, we will do that on Friday morning if you can be here but if you can’t maybe you can come on Friday evening and be a part of that. And you know it is all culminating in the May event at the US Bank Stadium where souls will be coming in. Thank you for coming this morning.
