Pastor Ray…
Thank You so much, Father
Thank You, You have given us the authority here on this earth
We purpose, we desire, we know we need to, we want to, maybe we don’t always do it – we repent for not standing in our position of authority and taking it
Taking it by faith, standing up, and doing what You have called us to do
We thank You in advance today
Thank You for Your presence, for the power of Your Holy Spirit today
Thank You that You are in us, but then that manifested presence of Your Spirit
We want more, we open up ourselves for more of it
Thank You for it in Jesus’ name
At the beginning of the year, Billye Brim was at the prayer conference in France and her whole main purpose was to teach, preach, pray on our authority. And she is sweet as sweet can be but she can get authoritative. And she just hammered it concerning authority. And then she gave out to everyone there her book on authority. There is a lot in it but there are a couple things that I wanted to read. One is from Kenneth Hagin (a forward) and the other from John A MacMillan.
The following is an excerpt from Authority of the Believer, how to use it by Billye Brim:
KENNETH HAGIN’S FOREWORD
“Back in the 1940s, I asked myself the question, “Do we have authority that we don’t know about—that we haven’t discovered—that we’re not using?”
I had had little glimpses of spiritual authority once in a while. Like others, I had stumbled upon it and had exercised it without knowing what I was doing. I wondered, “Is the Spirit of God trying to show me something?” so I began to study along this line, think along this line, feed along this line—and I began to see more and more light. An article in The Pentecostal Evangel prompted my study on the words “power” and “authority.” Then I came across a wonderful pamphlet entitled The Authority of the Believer by John A. MacMillan, a missionary to China [and the Philippines] who later edited The Alliance Weekly.
As a result of my studies, I concluded that we as a Church have authority on the earth that we’ve never yet realized—authority that we’re not using.
A few of us have barely gotten to the edge of that authority, but before Jesus comes again, there’s going to be a whole company of believers who will rise up with the authority that is theirs. They will know what is theirs, and they will do the work that God intended they should do.”
[Billye Brim says]
In the last paragraph of his Foreword, Kenneth Hagin, I believe, prophesied the time in which we live—the end of the end of days. I believe we are that company, a prayer force that is rising up with the authority that is ours.
JOHN A. MACMILLAN’S PREFACE
[Billye Brim says]
John A. MacMillan’s pamphlets were put into a book that I preach from and sell everywhere I go: The Authority of the Believer?
People often skip Forewords and Prefaces to books, but this one is of immeasurable importance. When I teach on this subject, and that is often, I start by reading MacMillan’s Preface. The italicized emphasis is mine.
[MACMILLIANS PREFACE]
The rapidly approaching end of the age is witnessing a tremendous increase in the activity of the powers of darkness… [He lists several reasons for this that he saw.]
To meet the situation, the Church of Christ needs a new conception of prayer. The urgent call is for men and women, wholly yielded to the Lord, whose eyes have been enlightened to see the ministry in the heavenlies to which they have been called.
Such believers … may in union with the great Head of the Body, exercise an authority to which the powers of the air must give place wherever challenged.
In his great commission, he said “all authority is given unto me in heaven and on earth, go ye therefore.” Jesus delegated the authority on the earth to His body on the earth. Authority is as strong as the power behind it. The authority of the traffic policeman is a strong as the civic government behind him. The power behind the body of Christ is the greatest power in all creation, the power of God. That’s why the Word of God declares “Greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world” I John 4:4.
(1)Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
(3) And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
(4) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 1 John 4:1–4 (KJV)
Who are the “them” that verse four says we have conquered or overcome? They are the evil spirits written about in verses one, two, and three. We have overcome them. Why? Because the Greater One lives in us.
We have authority over the Kingdom of Darkness. We can, we must use our authority in the end of days.
Authority
When mountain walls confront the way.
Why sit and weep? Arise and say
“Be thou removed!” and they shall be
By the power of God cast in the sea.
All power on earth, all power in heaven,
To Christ, the Son of God, is given;
And from the throne He will endue,
And hindrances will flee from you.
O’er all the power of fiend and man
Say through the Lord, “I surely can”;
Take from Him power on earth to tread
On serpent’s sting, on dragon’s head.
Whate’er thou art, O mountain high,
Where’er thou art, in earth or sky,
Whene’er thou art, truth is the same,
“Be thou removed, in Jesus’ name.”
“Be thou removed!” Faith bids thee start
For yonder see—arise! depart!
I may, I can, I must, I will,
The purpose of my God fulfill.
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Pastor Ray…
We take this word. Be thou removed! What is it? What was it? What was it trying to be? What did it think it could do against me? No! Be thou removed, jump into the sea. We alone with God have been set free!
Ms. Annie led us singing Greater Is He That Is in Me
♪ Every place on which your foot shall tread, I have given it to you, I have given it to you
No man will be able to stand before you, I will be with you, I will be with you
Be strong and courageous, do not tremble nor be dismayed
For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go!
We command you Satan in the name of the Lord to take up your weapons and flee!
For the Lord has given us authority to walk all over thee! ♪
Pastor Ray…
Thank You, Father, so much that in this nation You rule
Your Word rules, Your plan rules, the name that is above every other name rules
And every name must bow to the name of Jesus who backs us up with the authority from heaven, the power and authority that is above every other name, when we in faith do not just use it as the end of a prayer but we use it as the beginning of a prayer! When we use the authority that it is that name backing up what we say based on what You’ve said, we always overcome! We always overcome.
Ms. Annie led us singing Everyone Overcome
Ms. Cindy…
Thank You, Lord, thank You, Father
Awesome, awesome in power, You overcame!
We are more than overcomers because You overcame
And we are testifying today of the awesome power of the overcoming King of kings and Lord of lords
Who chose to reside in us as temples of the Living God
Declaring the wonderful works of God and releasing Your awesome power!
Awesome in power! Awesome in power!
All glory to Your name! Worthy to be praised among the nations!
It’s Your good pleasure that You fulfill!
Father, we are saying “Fulfill Your good pleasure and the work of faith with power here on earth
Fulfill it in Your chosen ones, Your chosen ones
The ones that bear Your name!
Grant Your servant’s utterance! By Your speaking through Your people, Father!
Declaring the wonderful works of God in the midst of all contradiction
And bringing to nothing the wisdom of this world and the principalities and the powers and those that would try to exercise wickedness in this nation
We bring an end to them! We bring an end to them!
Shining light out into the midst of a dark and crooked world
And we thank You, Father, for fulfilling Your good pleasure!
And it is Your pleasure, Father – the work of faith with power!
Miracles, signs, and wonders, and great happenings coming forth from declarations and decree, the utterance given, Father
That we are speaking spirits and declaring Your wonderful works!
That they would know that You are the Lord!
And that they would know the calling to which they have been called!
To know You, the One True God and Your Son, Jesus Christ!
Release the bondage! Release those who sit in darkness
That they would see the light and come to the light of the rising of your Church in power and in demonstration!
Grant Your servants with all boldness that they may speak Your Word!
That those that sit in darkness would see and hear!
Ears, we declare you are unstopped in the name of Jesus!
Ears to hear, eyes to see – we command light to shine!
That they no longer sit in bondage – we declare freedom! We declare liberty!
All that has been paid in full, we exercise our faith and decree and declare them to be free! Freedom, open air and refreshment unto them
Able to see and choice in the light because we bring them to the point of decision in the light
That they would make that decision for life which no man would say no to if they were given the opportunity to choice IN LIGHT!
We come against darkness as we shine the light of God!
We shine the light of God, wherever we go darkness flees
Wherever we go, the light shines!
We take dominion! We take the land! And we cast down all that imaginations that come against the knowledge of Jesus’ Christ–bringing them all to the cross
Releasing, releasing, Father, the joy of the Lord
And we speak against the spirit of fear, the spirit of fear
We are against you in the name of Jesus
You cannot operate in the body of Christ! Subtly and deception must go!
All subtly and deception and that fear can no longer sit in the gates!
We command you to be exposed! We command you to be brought out into the open!
And drug out into the middle of the courtroom and shone to be in the wrong!
You are not the way! You are not the way! You are not the way!
Power, love, and a sound mind, we decree, are at the gates of this Church!
And the gates of hell shall not prevail against the Church!
Darkness has to flee! Spirits of fear have to be shone to be in the wrong and brought beneath our feet in Jesus’ name
We operate in great love and by mere consequence we tread on evil!
We don’t go looking for you! You bow prostrate underneath us in Jesus’ name!
We are looking for the show! We are looking for the show!
Holy Ghost show!! Oooohhhhhh!
Oh, for Your glory, Father, to pour out and the knowledge of that glory would laid out that a child could know it and operate in it
And it’s taught, the principles of faith are taught and understood and great depths of understand!
Grant us, Father, grant us to know all the mysteries!
We are hungering for the mysteries, Father, and we are searching them out!
That we might operate, that we might carry Your name not in vain!
But we would carry Your name and represent You well!
For You are our Father and we are Christ like in the earth!
Greater works will we do because Jesus went to the Father!
Oh, that He made a way for us to go to the Father!
In that place of abiding in Your presence
Thank You, Lord, for the greater works
Ms. Jeani…
According to the power that is at work within us, God is able to do far and above all that we would ask and think. According to the power that is at work within us! The revelation of the joy of authority! God is able to do far and above all that we would ask or think! The body walking in the joy of the supernatural ease of the already finished work of God, we walk in authority! It’s joyful! It’s easy! There is no opposite to our authority! There is no opposite to the light! We walk in joy! (ha, ha, ha) There is no contest! There never was. We have been released to shine! We have been released to rise up! We have been released to run the race! To run the race! To already win! To already take dominion! Church – you have already been released!
The massive joy of authority!
You see it, you say it, you take it, you laugh
(Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha) We laugh at strife today
We laugh at division today, we laugh at depression today, we laugh at suicide today, we laugh because the joy of the Lord causes freedom!
Freedom to the captives, it sets the prisoner free
The joy of the Lord, the joy of the Lord! Oooohhhh!
Why do we have joy? Because we walk in the finished work, that’s why!
Huh? You don’t have joy? Find out about the finished work!
Find out that you can’t earn it! Find out that you don’t deserve it!
And just receive and say it (ha, ha, ha)
A happy church in Europe, a happy church in France
Happy, joyful, taking property
You know what? I see that property! I see us laughing the property in
We laugh it in! Come on in!
The property wants to have a good time
Hey property! Do you want to have a good time in God?
Get in here! Get in here!
Hey property, don’t you want to be used for the finished work?
Hey France, get in here – thank you!
France turn that frown upside down, smile! Smile! Smile! Smile!
It’s easier, IT IS EASIER! Because it’s already done (ha, ha, ha)
The weight of hindrance, the weights of “no, you can’t have that” are being broken off
France, you are free
And, Father, we pray for Marie right now. We thank You for the revelation of the refreshing of the Spirit of God, Your manifested goodness upon her, every seed that has been sown on behalf of what You are doing in France, let it come to pass today. Those that reap in joy and singing, Lord, we call her to reap in joy and singing. You reap in joy and singing! You reap rejoicing! You reap! You reap! You reap the goodness of God
And, Father, I thank You it is more! It is far and above what she ever asked for
We thank You right now
She is not waiting to tell heaven to find that property
It’s already there for her
And I thank You that it comes to pass in such a way she says “this had to be God, this had to be God”
In such a way that they say “this had to be God, this had to be God”
And it’s beautiful, it doesn’t need repair, it’s completely and fully ready for her
And it’s right there, it’s right there
Pastor Ray…
And every resource, all of the things necessary to fulfill what’s been needed to be fulfilled for the nation of France, for the outpouring of Your Spirit that’s been called forth, that’s been prayed for year after year after year after year, that began years and year ago with that little tiny church in Monaco. Then it moved to another city. Then it moved to another city. But it’s moving up and the roots of that tree of life that’s been placed in that city of Nice, those roots are going on out over the nation of France. And France is changing and the resources are coming forth for that ministry to increase like never before. There will be cameras, there will be awesome sound. There will be the Internet sending forth the Word not just over France but over the whole country, all the countries of Europe in Jesus’ name.
For this is the day, now is the time, it’s come for this time
This is the hour, we call it forth in Holy Ghost power
For the plan, for the purpose that You have for that place
Ms. Jeani…
For what is in that seed, that ministry that was planted?
Massive fruit about to be received
Father, we thank You for the massive fruit that is about to be received
The Tree of Life is now rooted and grounded and fully flourishing over France
It’s branches being a shade to the rest of the region
We thank You for fruit, for evidence, for substance – because faith has created the substance of things hoped for
And we thank You for the things hoped for are now coming to pass!
Pastor Ray…
(Pastor Ray led us in praying over a memorial serviced scheduled later in the day)
We lift up that service, pray over the pastors officiating
We pray that Your anointing will flow through them like never before
And there will be, we know,Father, there will be those that will come in under that anointing and their lives will be changed from this day forward
We pray that there will be those that have never ever entered into the light out of the darkness, that in this afternoon they will take the step in their heart and they will receive You as their Lord and as their savior
And we pray over the family, lift them up—all those that will be in the sanctuary
We pray that Your name will be lifted up, Your glory will be manifested
Your presence will be there, in Your presence everything changes
Hearts change, minds change, plans change
We thank You for in advance
We prepare the seats so to speak, for that atmosphere this afternoon
It will all go according to Your plan and according to Your will
What must be said, it will be said
We thank You for it in Jesus’ name
Ms. Annie led us singing Abba, I Belong to You
Continued praying…
Thank You, Lord, we lift up this day and call it blessed
Whatever we do, whatever way that we might go and step, who we would speak to, we lift it up before heaven this morning
Thank You for the anointing that is resident, within us, and it’s waiting to come out in Jesus’ name, Amen
Thank you so much, appreciate 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. 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.
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.
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.
