Scripture focus…
(5) The Lord God has opened My ear, (so we can really hear, our eyes, our ears) and I have not been rebellious or turned backward.
(7) For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
(8) He is near Who declares Me in the right. Who will contend with Me? (He’s pretty spunky right here), Let us stand forth together! Who is My adversary? Let him come near to Me. Isaiah 50:5, 7–8 (AMPC)
Pastor Ray…
But He’s still like, “Bless God. Thank You, Lord.” Because “Who is My adversary” anyway?
Here in the New Testament, God has declared us in the right because of the blood of the Lamb. Thank You for the cleansing power of the precious blood. Right now, the past is over. Goodbye to a few minutes ago! It’s time to continually press ahead.
This morning we’re going to listen to some good worship, an older CD from Terry McCollum. I’ve been playing this in my office for days.
Quite a few years ago, my two sons and I were doing some work for a pastor in St. Louis. It was a black church and he told us that he brought Terry McCollum in because he wanted his church to hear some different worship from what they were used to. This pastor’s whole deal was to “Be a doer of the Word.” He had it on his license plate, on the front of the church, it was all over. Wherever he could put it, it was out there “Be a doer of the Word!”
We worshiped to Prepare the Way & Jesus, Beautiful Savior by Terry McCollum
Pastor Ray…
We worship You, Lord. We honor You, Jesus. That name that’s above every other name, we humble ourselves this morning knowing that You’ve made us, You gave us and shown us the ways that we’re to go. Thank You, Lord.
We do believe. Our eyes are open. We believe our hearts are hearing, our ears open, that our feet would be walking in the right ways. You said that You’d lead us. We know You are today. Today You lead us all the way through this day. Hallelujah. You’re so good, Lord. You’re so awesome. You’re greatly to be praised. Hallelujah.
Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Father. Hallelujah. Praise You, Lord. We worship You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You, Father.
We know You’re helping us. We know You’re working for us. We know without a doubt, things are changing, and they will work out. We know time is moving but we’re moving with the time. And it’s Your time, Lord. It’s Your time to show up, shine, bring us even a greater illumination and great revelation and insight where we are going. We know that we are to go. You said we should go. And in Isaiah he had his ears open and he never went back, he never turned around.
We’re not going back. We don’t have to go back. But we can be reminded what the Lord has done for us in the past and use that as a springboard into the future days, times, seasons. Hallelujah. Thank You, Father. Thank You, Lord.
The following declaration is by Jerry Savelle:
I DECREE
THE BLESSING OF GOD ON MY LIFE EMPOWERS ME TO PROSPER
THE FAVOR OF GOD PRODUCES OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
MY STEPS ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD, I’M IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME
IN JESUS’ NAME
AMEN
Pastor Ray…
Sandy had this declaration back by her office so everyone that would come in could see it and say, “The blessing of God is on my life and empowers me to prosper. The favor of God produces the opportunities to make it happen (it’s His favor that goes before us). Our steps are ordered by the Lord, and we’re in the right place at the right time!”
It’s not good to be at the right place at the wrong time, and it’s not good to be at the wrong place at the right time.
The following declaration is from Reinhard Bonnke:
People say that we Christians are eccentric. An eccentric object wobbles around a point that is off-centered. But that is what the Bible calls “the world.” It is not believers, evangelists, witnesses, or Christians that are eccentric, but the world. The world wobbles as it revolves around itself, but the believer is centered on God. When people in the church talk about “making the gospel relevant,” they usually mean that we need to show that the gospel has something in common with the world of industry, entertainment, and commerce. They have things back to front. [That’s how he puts it; we could say backwards.] The question is not whether the message could be related to this world but whether the world is willing to relate to the message of the cross, Amen. Relevance is a matter of position and focus, relevance. Hallelujah, that’s good.
Pastor Ray…
Father God, we just thank You that we’re Your children, thank You for giving us that name. The name of Jesus is above every other name! And thank You for giving us the authority that goes with it. Thank You for giving us Your Holy Spirit, the greater one, the mighty power of God.
We know that confessing the Word has an effect. It works. And we believe that it works.
The following is a confession by Brother Keith Moore:
Father God, I thank You I am Your child.
I thank You for giving me the name of Jesus and the authority that goes with it.
Thank You for giving me Your Holy Spirit, the greater one, the mighty power of God.In Jesus’ name, I have authority over all demons, over all disease, to move obstacles, to stop problems, to calm storms, to rebuke sickness.
I have authority! I have power in Jesus’ name.(Put your hands on your head)
In Jesus’ name, fear and doubt, leave me, be gone! Confusion and deception, be gone!
Heaviness, be gone! Depression, be gone in Jesus’ name.
Mind, be strong, think clear, be bright and sharp.(Put your hands on your chest)
Soul, be strong, have peace, be at rest and be free and loosed.(Put your hands on your body)
Body, be strong.
Tumors and growths and anything that ought not be in the body, I speak against you. I command you in Jesus’ name, die, dry up, be gone, leave me.Heart, be clear, be strong.
Lungs, be clear, be strong.
Stomach, intestines, be healed, be whole, be free, work right.
Every organ, every gland, be right, be normal, be healthy, be strong.
Every bone, every muscle, every ligament, all my nerves, all my skin, be healthy, be whole, be right, be strong, in Jesus’ name.Satan, in Jesus’ name, I command you, take your hands off my money, off my finances, off my investments, off my business, off my job.
In Jesus’ name, STOP in your operations, cease in your maneuvers.Ministering Spirits, angels, “GO. Cause money to come.”
Work, influence, cause it to come in Jesus’ name.
(Note: Claim specific amounts, some extra!)
Ten million! For sure – we declare that over Living Word Christian Center, way more than enough, millions and millions and millions and millions. Why not ask for a billion? Overflow, above and beyond what we could even ask or think, Hallelujah,
In Jesus’ name, Satan, stop in your operations and your maneuvers against our marriages, against our families, against our children.
We forbid it. We bind you. You cannot continue. We stop it in Jesus’ name.
Our marriages are strong.
Our families are strong and free and right in Jesus’ name.
So be it.
Pastor Ray…
I have a sense that there’s some dust in the air, that things have been stirred-up and things are moving that needed to move. Things were being cleared out when we were listening to that song. In the beginning, he started to sing that the glory of God be over America, from the north to the south to the east to the west.
He did a prayer really. He sang it and we see that, some things are for the church, Lord, for the body of Christ. Thank You for strengthening the body in Jesus’ name. We believe that we’re moving in the right way. We believe the Church is up and going up further.
It’s vital for the Church right now to stand up and take its place, Hallelujah. You could say that in some ways, we are part of the silent majority. For when the Church wakes up and begins to declare in our country to go the right way, more and more it will continue to go in God’s way. We believe that for Minnesota. I can’t tell you how many years we have been declaring that Minnesota is moving in the right God ways in Jesus’ name.
When I say that, I see the flag flying bright. Some shifting here in this state, a paradigm kind of shift, some that were in leadership, if they couldn’t do the shift, then they’ll be shifted out. If they couldn’t get in on the paradigm, and couldn’t get the paradigm shift moving, couldn’t get their words lined up with what they already know, then they shall be shifted out and others will be brought back in, that will continually take Minnesota more in the right way, state by state by state all over the United States. When? NOW in Jesus’ name.
Paradigm shift, turns, changes, Hallelujah. More and more and more, we cannot get enough of those paradigm shiftings, moving our country more in God’s right way in Jesus’ name.
The Master has the master plan. We’re getting the Master Plan! We’re receiving the Master’s Plan. It’s written right out here that Jesus is Lord, Hallelujah. That name is above every other name. What’s that name? Jesus. Jesus is Lord. That name is greater than any other name. So be it. Amen.
We’re going down some older ways this morning, old school music. Sometimes, I get dissatisfied with the new music as I’ll have it on in my office. I like to go back to something old, that I know that was and still is anointed. It’s not that I’m older, although that I am.
The following is a prophecy given by John Osteen:
Thus saith the Lord: My voice is coming to you, into your very spirit, for this is the hour of decision.
Maybe they are decisions that we don’t necessarily know all of the ramifications or all of the answers. But when we listen and obey, we’ll walk in His ways. For this is the hour of decision.
The days are short and the hour is serious. You must gird up the loins of your heart. Stand before the Son of Man. Decide to move into the deep waters of this River of Life in this hour.
I like how the Holy Spirit speaks to us. And it could be years and years later.
in this hour, I am saying come up hither.
In other words, look up from all of our help comes from. Thank You, Lord. Thank You, Father.
I’m drawing my people unto Myself. I am clothing them with My power.
Who will come? Who will come? Who will walk with Me in this hour, saith the Lord.
We will, Lord. We choose to. It is a choice. We choose to walk in Your ways. We choose to not turn around and go back into our old ways or days or times. We choose to make those decisions today, to walk in Your ways.
Who will come? We will come! Who will come? We will come! Who will walk with Me in this hour, saith the Lord. And we say, “We will, Lord! We choose to!” Amen.
You are the chosen of the Lord. Believe and follow Me, saith God.
For My name will be lifted-up. It will be magnified, saith the Lord. That name that is above every name shall be lifted up and adored and magnified. You shall demonstrate that it is the most powerful name in the universe.
We will demonstrate that. Are we going to do that? We believe, standing on His Word, continuing like that pastor said “Be a doer of the Word,” don’t just know it but do it. Hallelujah. The most powerful name in the universe. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Hallelujah.
The enemy will cringe in fear as he sees the power in My name. My people will arise with that name and they shall go forth in this hour. They shall lift up the name of Jesus. They shall magnify the name of Jesus. They shall see and demonstrate the victory that I gained by the cross and the empty tomb.
Hallelujah. Thank You. That’s what we’re to be, a demonstration. Thank You, Lord. A victory that was gained at the cross! And really when He said, “It’s finished,” (done, completed) then that empty tomb.
Oh, My people listen and receive My message for this is the hour of deliverance.
Ms. Jeani…
I just heard that this is the hour where things are delivered to you. Deliverance, chasing you down. This is the hour.
Pastor Ray…
Hallelujah. I love that money is chasing us down. That’s one way we can look back and say, “Come on money, come forth.” Hallelujah.
I remember years ago when Mary Terry did a little cutout. We were at a meeting and I saw that money was turning around and running after us. So, she cut out a picture of a $10 bill and it had little legs that were running. I had it in my Bible.
Do you think this is different? It needs to be.
We cannot be, day after day, doing the same thing or saying the same thing because every day is a “new day.” And I’m personally thankful that the Holy Spirit sees it the same way. The Word says it, “It’s a new day and we’ll rejoice and we’re going to be glad!”
That’s how churches can get into absolute religion, by doing the same thing day, week, month after month. That’s not us. We’re alert, we’re awake, and we’re listening. And I am glad about it!
Money is making its way to us. There are some special deliveries. Reach out, lay hold, believe and receive. Amen.
Oh, My people, listen and receive My message for this is the hour of deliverance. I will use you, saith the Lord.
When would that be? Now. Today. Let’s not wait. Let’s keep believing, we are receiving. I choose to do that when I get the mail. I will even tell the mail man, “Did you put some money in there for me?”
Let’s say this: “Money is coming to me, right now, today. We don’t have to give out our addresses. He knows where we live. He knows who we are. He knows what we need. He knows and He’s already completed the delivery. Hallelujah. Thank You, Lord.
Oh, My people, listen and receive My message for this is the hour of deliverance. I will use you, saith the Lord.
So, we are not just getting money to lay back in our hammock. We’re receiving so we can be a blessing to others. The best of the best of the best way for us is to be is to be a blessing to others. And then what? It turns around and comes back many times more, greater.
Get your feet off of the bottom of the river. Get into the waters that cannot be passed over.
Swing from some chandeliers in other words. Get out in some deep waters where you can’t touch the bottom. Go with Holy Ghost flow.
Trust God with your life!
Make your choice!
We have choices. We can’t have lots and lots of other people choose for us to walk in their ways. But God has already chosen. It’s been written out for us over the years, prophets, men of God.
Let the river of God take you where it will!
The river is flowing to all the world!
Pastor Ray…
Thank You for it, Lord. We’re hungry. It’s a necessity for us, like food and water is a necessity for us. We’re hungry and thirsty today to receive more of You in us. Not in our minds. We know our minds are not saved. Our spirit, our heart is where that presence is. We declare this morning that Your presence is a necessity in our lives. Revivals, awakening, the rains—former and latter. We want to be in on every Holy Spirit move in these days. It doesn’t necessarily have to be here, this church but we are calling for it here too.
But, Lord, we are calling for revivals! We are calling for the move of Your Spirit that is so big, so strong that many, many, many lives will be drawn by Your Spirit to come over and come into Your kingdom in these days. We want and yearn for it! You’ve given us the authority to call these things forth that are not, to declare them by faith and say, this is the way it is. Even though in the natural we don’t see it.
We are calling this state up here for revival. Calling for it to spread out, move out. We are calling out for our cities (you call out for your cities) to be consumed and saturated with the Holy Spirit’s flow, rivers of Living water, the Life of God, the power of God, the Holy presence of God to saturate your cities, our cities here, Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Again, this morning we declare and say, “Calm down!” We speak peace over our cities, in Jesus’ name. And to some things we declare, “Be reversed and turn completely around, maybe even upside down!” We do declare this morning those voices, those lies, words from the Devil that have been declared over our cities, we rebuke those words, call them down, and call them to come to nothing. In other words, “Calm down, leave, be gone.” And we speak the peace of God that passes all understanding.
It’s so big. It’s so strong, the move of Your Spirit, like never before. Lord, You’ve spoken through so many of Your prophets. You said so, Lord. We just want to remind You of Words You have spoken here, over Minneapolis and St Paul, through prophets, things that were declared. But a lot of cities all over the America.
The way You’ve done it before, the way You moved across our country in times past. Some things started in New York. Oh, Father, thank You for New York city coming to their knees to You, bowing their knees to the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Thank You, Lord. I don’t mean that in any rude way. I mean bowing knees before heaven.
We pray over churches all over New York city, pastors that are rising up and declaring the things that should be. Hallelujah! We pray over all of the cities to receive that peace that no one can even understand. You moved once from New York city, one man in an upper room who decided to pray at noon. Other men and women joined forces together just like we join together, in one accord.
No, we don’t lean on our own understanding. That prayer meeting, it began to increase and move out of that place into other places. It took over theaters, larger places. It began to move from New York city all across the country. We can read about it now. It’s history. It went all the way to California.
We lift up the state of California. We move from the east coast to the west, in Jesus’ name. We call forth a move of Your Spirit like we have never seen before. Something different but something greater than even the Azusa Street Revival. Something different, something bigger! However You want to do it, Lord. We are just hungry for it!
All of the little churches, large churches—churches in California being wide open. That the ministry of Your Spirit would begin to flow out, in Jesus’ name. Hallelujah!
Wake up the Church in California! Even to a greater degree! Praise God! Praise You, Lord, for the ministries that are speaking boldly in these days in California! We cover them in the blood.
We are not eccentric, the world is! They are not stable, wobbling around not knowing what to do. But the Church knows what to do! We declare what the Word has told us to do—Get up! Rise up! Declare Your Word forth and watch it come to pass.
So, we’re watching, Lord. We are watching Your Spirit move, for the former and latter rain together. And that will be those rivers that are too deep for us to pass over. We can’t walk on the bottom, but we’ll be lifted up and move with the rivers of Life. Thank You for it.
How will that all look like? How will it all be walked out? By the Spirit. How will it be prayed out? By the Spirit. For those Words that we pray out by the Spirit will bring to pass great and wonderful, mighty things in this earth, now in the days and in the weeks, in the months that are to come. So much so that we can and we will continually believe that things are getting better and better and things are clearing up and things are clearing out and changes are already coming forth.
It’s time that the cameras of the world turn their camera to see some things that God almighty is doing, not so much the Devil is doing. It’s time for a turnaround in the media! Those cameras to be turned around and watch and see what God is doing in the earth in these days! Hallelujah!
We thank You for it, Lord. You get all of the glory and praise. We are humble before You, touched, changed. We know that one touch, just one second of You can change everything. Thank You, Lord, so much today. We give this day, yield our hearts. We will be at the right place and on time. Thank You for it in Jesus’ name. Amen.
