Ms. Annie led us singing Here I Am to Worship
Pastor Ray…
There is an anointing on that song
It’s so personal, I am here to worship You and bow down before You
To humble myself before You
Thank You, Father, for Your goodness and Your mercy
Just the fact that we were born in America, the blessings of the Lord
The favor of God is upon us as Your children
And what was done over the 2000 years ago on that Cross at Calvary
It’s the most awesome benefit and blessing to us in these days here—2018
To know that we are free, to know that we have been delivered
To know that we have been made righteous through the blood that was shed on that Cross
Hallelujah, and to know that no weapon formed against us shall prosper
As we use the power of the anointing that is within us
And not just believe it, but do it, and declare who we are in Him
Know that it is done, it was done, and it’s up to us to receive it and to give it out to others
Thank You, Father, for the precious privilege to serve You
We worship You, we honor You, we magnify You Lord
We lift You up Lord, Lift You up
We do bow before You, our hearts
Thank You for the cleansing of that precious blood today
For we have overcome in and through it, by it
Hallelujah! Thank You for the blood of Jesus
Thank You Lord, Thank You Jesus—hallelujah
Pastor Ray shared…
One thing Pastor Marie shared said when we where in France was a lot of the people told her they felt blocked up as far as prayer goes. They were never taught to be free in the Holy Ghost and just flow in the Spirit. Some were like step one, step two, step three… basically out of their brains. And then they shared how they experienced the freedom to move in the Holy Spirit and not be so hemmed in during the conference.
Even when we have it in our spirit to pray for this or pray for that, guess what? It could be true. Many times it is true but that’s just the beginning. And once we get more into the Spirit, He begins to lead us into other things and they may not make sense to us but they make sense to Him. And the timing can be absolutely perfect. I love it.
The following is a prayer for our nation by Pastor Lynne Hammond:
Father, in the name of Jesus, and according to your Word, we pray for those in authority in our nation. We lift up President Donald Trump, his family, his staff, and cabinet members.
Pastor Ray…
We lift him up out of the lies, the junk, the inaccuracies this morning.
Let Your Word cling to them and let them not depart from your plan. Strengthen them with mighty power by your Spirit to stand against wickedness, lies, and deception. Guide President Trump’s decisions; let Your light shine upon his path and show him the path of reversal for every evil way. Continually surround him with godly men and women who impart wise counsel to him. Cause the way of the wicked to be set to confusion and come to nothing. Deliver us from the traps and snares the enemy has laid for us, and let the wicked be caught in their own devises and be brought to shame.
Pastor Ray…
We know that it is the enemy, the Devil, that is working through people trying to derail our country, the United States of America; trying to bring division, to move things the wrong way. So in this day, today, we take authority over the enemy! And the enemy is not people. The enemy is the Devil. We hold the blood over every work of the enemy in Jesus’ name. For when we say that the wicked will be caught in their own devises and brought to shame, we are talking about the ENEMY! The enemy of our souls, the enemy of America!
We come by the blood and we speak that blood covering over our country. We go from one side to the other, the top to the bottom, from the east to the west in Jesus’ name. We plead the blood of the Lamb over our coastlines, over the borders on every side in Jesus’ name. What needs to be done, we declare it shall be done in Jesus’ name. Thank You, father, that our president knows what to do. Those that are around him are speaking the right things into him. Thank You that some have been removed and they have been replaced with the right ones in Jesus’ name. So, there will still be in some ways a clearing out here and a clearing out there because the past is over and we are moving on into the new, new territories, new realms of the furtherance of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. And many things have already been rearranged; even laws have been changed to favor the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ in America. Thank You for the freedom that we have now but the freedom that we will experience in the days, weeks, months that are to come. Thank You for more freedom for the Church to expand to become greater than ever before. Hallelujah! Glory to God!
We take authority over the plots and plans of the enemy against this nation. Let prideful and lying lips be silenced in Jesus’ name. Slanderers will not be established in America. We pray for our Congress, our Supreme Court, our Military leaders and our intelligence agencies. Let the wisdom that is from above reign in this nation and be constantly speaking to our leaders. We exercise the authority you have given us to tread down all the power of the enemy. We cast down and demolish imaginations and arguments that exalt themselves against the knowledge of God, and we bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. We bind spirits of strife and division, civil wars and tumults, spirits of hostility, lawlessness and blasphemy, and fires from hell that have burned in our cities.
Pastor Ray…
Stop in your maneuvers against our country, our cities, against our town, against our people, against our schools, against our businesses in Jesus’ name.
We speak grace and peace over America. We pray and believe for the voice of truth, salvation, revival, and restoration to be proclaimed and heard across our land. Grant unto Your servants everywhere that with all boldness we may speak Your Word. We pray for a mighty outpouring of Your Spirit with signs, wonders, and miracles. We expect the wisdom of this world that is earthly, sensual, and devilish to depart and vanish until Your, mighty work in America becomes a beacon of hope for all people everywhere. We expect the voice of rejoicing to be heard in our nation for your goodness, mercy, and prosperity, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Continued praying…
We plead the blood, we use the blood, we declare the blood
For we have overcome in and through that precious holy blood of the Lamb
Thank You for it! Thank You for the blood!
We apply it! We believe it!
New days of authority! New days of revelation! New days of understanding!
For we have overcome through the blood of the Lamb!
Hallelujah! Oh, we testify about it! We declare about it! We believe it’s true!
We know that it’s true! For we have overcome through that precious blood
And battles, the battle has already been won
And we’ve been given the victory—Ha! Ha! Ha!
Ooooh! To overcome every obstacle that gets in the way!
Demonstrations! Great demonstrations of the power of God!
Great changes from the power of God!
Great moves by the power, through the power of the Holy Spirit in Jesus’ name
Churches changing!
Thank You, Father, in advance for this weekend coming up
Souls coming into the Kingdom, souls moving out of the darkness and on into the light
Souls that did not even know they were in the darkness! They’ll wake up!
Their eyes will be open, their ears will be open
They will hear what You are saying, they will hear Your Word
They will see what You are doing open up their hearts
Oh we pray over hearts that they would be softened this Easter in Jesus’ name
Those that have not come since whenever, Christmas or whenever
Father, that they would be set free! In Jesus’ name
Every hindrance, every lack, every wrong thing turned around and changed in Jesus’ name
More and more and more changes than what we have ever experienced before in Jesus’ name
Turnabout, changes, turning things around—breaking over or breaking through
Through the doors, through the opportunities we go
Hallelujah! We declare an abundance in the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ!
Every need met, all of the natural bodies healed, made whole, restored, made new!
Every hindrance out of the way, every blockage be though removed in Jesus’ name
Hallelujah! Greater days! Greater ways! Ha! Ha! Ha!
For the Church is moving, the Church is marching! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!
Thank You, Father
Thank You, Father, for the power of that blood that was shed at Calvary
So long ago but it’s working for us each day, it’s working for us today
Ms. Annie led us singing Oh, the Blood of Jesus Washes Me
Through the blood it’s our victory
There is nothing that we can’t put in there
Our victory is in Him and so in every area we have victory
I remember one of the nights Ms. Billye stood up and said “You are not a worm.”
You have overcome, victory was already won!
Stop thinking you are nothing and start knowing that you are something in Him
You have the victory, so whatever someone else has said about you that did not lift you
It’s a lie! It’s the enemy!
For the blood has caused victory for you and me
Victory for us in our homes, victory for us in our families
Victory for us with our grandchildren or relatives
Victory in our cities, victory in our schools, victory in our businesses
Victory is ours in Him for we have overcome by the blood of the Lamb!
So we sit back in Him, we rest in Him knowing in Him we have that victory
Thank You for it Lord, thank You Lord
I am going to end this morning by reading something from Kenneth Hagin as far as dealing with things that would hold us back or block from going forward. We could say strongholds.
The following excerpt was taken from The Interceding Christian by Kenneth E. Hagin:
DEALING WITH STRONGHOLDS
In the Book of Daniel, we read a passage of scripture concerning intercession that will be a tremendous challenge to our prayer life if we fully grasp it.DANIEL 10:2-3
2 In those days I Daniel was mourning [fasting] three full weeks.
3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.This scripture makes it clear there are different ways to fast. Fasting doesn’t always mean total abstinence from food. Notice Daniel said, “I ate no pleasant bread.”
DANIEL 10:10-13
10 And, behold, an hand touched me [Daniel}, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands.
11 And he [Angel] said unto me, 0 Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling.
12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.
13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.Notice first of all that the angel was not sent from heaven to Daniel with the message until Daniel prayed. God sent the answer on the first day. But the answer was twenty-one days in getting there. Sometimes when we pray, the answer doesn’t get through instantly. That doesn’t mean God doesn’t hear us or hasn’t sent the answer. He has sent it, but it doesn’t get through. Verse 13 explains that the prince of Persia withstood the angel.
The Bible is not talking here about a physical person. An angel is not a physical being; he is a spiritual being. In other words, there was on the earth an earthly kingdom with a prince of Persia heading it up. But right above it in the heavenlies was a spiritual kingdom. In that kingdom was a prince of Persia who really dominated the government of Persia. He didn’t want the angel to get through with the answer. The message the angel brought concerning Israel was that this Medo-Persian kingdom would be dissolved, the Grecian kingdom would come, and finally the Roman kingdom would come and rule over Jerusalem
When the prince of Persia withstood the angel, God sent another angel, and finally, on the twenty-first day, he got through to Daniel with the message. Notice what the angel said as he left him: “Now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia [Greece] shall come” (Dan. 10:20).
In Ephesians 6:12 we read, “For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness [wicked spirits] in high places.”
Continued praying…
We are called to be a light in the darkness
One Bic lighter will lead huge amounts of people out of a dark place
Just one light—we are lights
But we aren’t effective unless we use the light that we have
Just in the same way if we know that we have overcome by the blood but we don’t ever use it
If we know we have authority but we don’t use it
We know we are lights, let’s keep using them
Believing to be bright and bring change to the people we come in contact with
Thank you for coming this morning
