Ms. Jeani led prayer today…
Prayed…
Father, I thank You that You give us ears to hear and eyes to see
Thank You for that today, right now
The following quotes are taken from Smith Wigglesworth and Kenneth E. Hagin:
“God wants us so badly that he has made the condition as simple as he possibly could: Only believe.” Smith Wigglesworth
“There is nothing small about our God, and when we understand God, we will find out that there ought not to be anything small about us. We must have an enlargement of our conception of God, then we will know that we have come to a place where all things are possible, for our God is an omnipotent God for impossible positions.” Smith Wigglesworth
“The trouble with us is that we’ve preached a ‘cross’ religion, and we need to preach a ‘throne’ religion. By that I mean people have thought they were supposed to remain at the cross. Some have received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, have backed up to the cross, and have stayed there ever since… The cross is actually a place of defeat, whereas the Resurrection is a place of triumph….” Kenneth Hagin
(There is nothing small about our God. When we understand God, we find out that there ought not be anything small about us. And that’s where we pray from. That’s our position. We pray from that place from the throne. We pray from the throne. We declare from the throne. And aren’t we glad that we are in a church that prays from the throne?)
“We must have an enlargement of our conception of God, then we will know that we have come to a place where all things are possible, for our God (Who lives in us, Who gives us utterance) is an omnipotent God for impossible positions.” Smith Wigglesworth
“Success is always the result of following the leading of the Holy Spirit.” Kenneth Hagin
(So, even as we pray today, that’s the deal. We pray from the throne and we expect results because success always is the result of following the leading of the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, I just thank You that even as we read these, Lord, that we are encouraged knowing that we go from glory to glory and we can receive from the shoulders of Smith Wigglesworth, going higher than he did. And we can receive from the shoulders of Kenneth E. Hagin, going higher than he did. Because the Church is to go from glory to glory. And so even right now, we receive that. We receive that right now.)
“We must be careful not to choose, but to let God’s Holy Spirit manage our lives; not to smooth down and explain away, but to stir up the gift and allow God’s Spirit to disturb us and disturb us and disturb us (I am so glad He never leaves us alone.) until we yield and yield and yield and the possibility in God’s mind for us becomes an established fact in our lives, with the rivers in evidence meeting the need of a dying world.” Smith Wigglesworth
(Even today as we pray, our position is not to put off His promises. It’s to expect them today. We expect them today. We thank God for them today. Now this next quote is just fun.)
“Some people read their Bibles in Hebrew, some in Greek; I like to read mine in the Holy Ghost.” Smith Wigglesworth
(And what is a great reason? Because success is always, always the result of following the leading of the Holy Spirit. Okay, one more because why not? God is awesome and He is awesome in us! And today we change the world from here. Isn’t that amazing?)
“There is a great destructive force that comes upon us when we start comparing ourselves in the flesh with what we could be spiritually. We should never compare what we are with what we could be, because we will always be down on ourselves when we do this. (That’s not what God wants for us.) Just look to Jesus and what He is. As long as we look to Jesus we will go toward Him. (All we have to do is keep our eyes on Him today, all day. That’s all we have to do.) When we look at our inferiority we will go toward it.” Smith Wigglesworth
(We don’t do that. No. Because the Holy Spirit lives in us and He keeps disturbing us and then we yield and then we yield and then we yield and then there is fruit for a dying world. Doesn’t that just make you just want to run right into prayer and declare from the right hand of the Father? That’s where we are seated right now! Right now, we are seated at the right hand of the Father! Amazing is He and that makes us amazing! And I say that with a humble heart. Lastly I am going to quote Kenneth Hagin again and then Annie can go at it. Don’t we love Annie? She is amazing and I am so glad she agrees with me that she is amazing.)
“The trouble with us is that we’ve preached a ‘cross’ religion, and we need to preach a ‘throne’ religion. (We need to think the throne, see the throne, identify with the throne. We are a royal priesthood. That is who we are. We change the world. That’s what we are here for.) By that I mean that people have thought they were supposed to remain at the cross. (That’s the enemy. And to think that when Jesus went to the Cross the enemy thought he won yet He was there for you.) Some have received the baptism in the Holy Spirit, have backed up to the cross. (Do we notice that the cross is empty. Let’s all behold the empty cross. Okay, it’s empty now. Okay, Jesus is not on the Cross anymore.) And have stayed there ever since… The cross is actually a place of defeat, (and by the way it’s empty now.) whereas the Resurrection is a place of triumph…” Kenneth Hagin
“Success is always (always, every time, every single time) the result (His promises manifested here on the earth) of following the leading of the Holy Spirit.” Kenneth Hagin
(That’s for us. It’s very personal just for us, for the sake of a dying world.)
Ms. Annie shared…
When you were sharing I had been meditating about Galatians 2:20: “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.”
So the Cross is empty because Jesus rose but it’s also filled with all of us who are crucified in Him and raised up in Him. We are raised up with Him together with Him because we are crucified with Him. Glory to God. As we enter into everything He did and found in Him, that’s where we are enthroned with Him in victory.
Ms. Annie led singing “I Want to Know You”
Continued praying…
The confident expectation of glory
The whole Church receiving from glory to glory to glory
Going higher, standing on the shoulders of those great men of God
Confidence and fullness of Christ in us – we carry it
Clearing the way from any hindrance by the Spirit
The giftings and callings to come to fullness today
Would I bring to the moment of birth and not cause to come forth, says the Lord
Would I do that?
Would I who causes to come forth shut the womb?
Can a nation be born in a day?
And we answer You, Father, we trust You
Let the Church arise and shine
She has taken land—let her take more land today
Occupy today, we occupy right now by the Spirit
When it’s by the Spirit there is only freedom, only opportunities, only solutions, only unity
The culture of honor in one another prevails today
That they would know we are Christians by our love
We encourage and hold up one another by the faith
We contend for fullness today
Coming together like never before
If we see a need, Holy Spirit, You prompt us and we meet that need
We are a demonstration in the body of Christ of what family really is
And the world takes notice
We are the city on the hill
Let the saints arise and realize
Thank You, Father, for the deep conviction
That when we resist the greatness you put in us, the world dies around us
It’s all about who You are and who we are in You
Just as Moses said I can’t go without Your presence
As we receive Your fullness the world comes alive around us
It’s the blessing of the Lord without sorrow
The love that never fails
We love one another with the love that never fails
We continue to receive the love that never fails
It’s impossible that it would fail
We rejoice in that!
It’s that simple, it’s that easy
We believe that You are good
Rising up when we see things
Giving the word of the Lord over those things
We really believe everything You gave us
Seeing those things and deferring to You
How are we going to deal with this, Lord?
The Church has the answer, the Church has the wisdom
If we would only believe what You did for us
Supernatural comes normal for the Church
Signs and wonders in education
Signs and wonders in entertainment, in business
We invade the darkness with Your light
The light extinguishes the darkness
Casting not away her confidence for it has great reward
That we know and see and believe confidently
Help us to really see it and believe it
That we can walk through every situation because there is an answer for it
Your Word lives in us, it’s a double edged sword
What seems to be right and what is right
The Church in America rising up like never before
Israel’s ally like never before
Like never before, like never before
Father, You formed this nation by the power of Your word
We tell America, “You take dominion by the power of God’s Word”
Because You are one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all
Every assignment there would be opposition
We declare supernatural ease
Every resource available
Every connection connected with every assignment
Declaring today, we walk in Your promises
Because the earth cries out for the sons and daughters to be revealed
We only identify with fullness because our identity is with You
Thank You, thank You, Thank You
The only thing impossible with You is impossible
It’ is not even in Your vocabulary
All things, no exclusions, are possible with you
And You are Love that never fails
Thank You for a deep conviction in the Church that You, love, never fail
We are coming into a time when the Church shines because we make the impossible possible
The supernatural is normal for the Church
We humble ourselves and draw near to You
We receive strength, joy
Your affection toward us, the way You look at us
We walk things out from the secret place
We rest in the possible
We rest, we rest, we lay down and receive
Houses we didn’t buy, we receive today
Because You have made us worthy
We rest in that You told us to occupy until You come
We occupy right now, because it’s always right now
Because now faith is
Good new, good news, good news
Whenever people see us coming, they say here comes good news!
I want to hear what the saints are saying because it’s always good news
Father, I thank You that You go with us today
And we go with You in Jesus’ name, Amen
