Scripture focus…
The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah]… Luke 4:18 (AMPC)
Pastor Ray…
He had anointed Him and He has anointed us. And if we are to boldly speak then we better boldly speak. Pastor Mac one time gave me a Word. One of the parts of the Word was “You see things but you don’t say anything. Sometimes you just sit on it.” Whew! So, we don’t just want to sit on things. When we see things and have things to say based on the Word, we need to say them.
Ms. Annie…
If you see something, say something. Isn’t that a new rule with the airport? Well, we are God’s security. We’re in His homeland. When we see something, we say something! Ha, ha, ha. The Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters and nothing happened until He said something. So, when we see something, we say something!
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The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity], (19) To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound]. Luke 4:18 (AMPC)
Pastor Ray…
And then He just rolled that thing up and sat down while everyone else was freaking out. There was some point when this scripture came up in my heart in Isaiah 59:19.
(19) So [as the result of the Messiah’s intervention] they shall [reverently] fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him and put him to flight [for He will come like a rushing stream which the breath of the Lord drives]. Isaiah 59:19 (AMPC)
I just love the picture that he tries to come in like a flood but the Spirit of the Lord (Whoosh!) lifts up a standard against him and puts him to flight. And right after that in chapter 60.
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Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! Isaiah 60:1 (AMPC)
On the opposite page I have a little torn off note “Get up!” Ha, ha, ha. Just get up.
Ms. Jeani…
So when you were talking about the acceptable year of the Lord. What’s acceptable to Him is profuse favor. That’s what’s acceptable favor to Him, high standards.
Pastor Ray…
Free favors, they are not little tiny gifts like wedding gift favors. It’s everything, all things.
Sometimes it seems there’s a shell that’s trying to come around us and hold us back or hold us down and hold us out away from a shout. But that shell or that plan of the enemy was defeated then, is defeated now. So, it’s free flow time for free favors to abound to every single child of God.
Prayed…
We receive them by faith this morning
Today whatever it is that You have already sent our way
We receive it! We choose to receive it and not miss out on it
Thank You, Father, for the free flow and the free favors You have already given
Hallelujah, Thank You, Lord
Tuned in, turned on, and focused
The Word is still the same today as it was then
We have a reserved seat in heavenly places
High above where we can look on down
Just as we read in Isaiah where some things
Depression and prostration because of circumstances
No! We are not down under but up over
We take our place in heavenly places
We recall the plan the purpose He has called us to
We are strong in the Lord and the power of His Might
We overcome by the blood and
The best is yet to come
It’s not over!
The standard of God
It will work in our state
Ms. Jeani shared…
The Church walks into a room, our state, America, with her badge of authority. And she proclaims “There is a new kingdom in town and it is the Kingdom of the hope of glory!” Jesus Christ in us. The Anointed One in us, the hope of the Most High! And we enforce the new kingdom everywhere we go. When we go to sleep, when we wake up, when we walk into a room we enforce the glory of God, the freedom of the Lord of Host is His name, the King of Kings and the Lord of lords. There is a new kingdom in town and it is in us. It is in us.
A Word of the Lord came forth:
I just saw like a rear view mirror. You know sometimes that’s very valuable but other times it’s destructive. Because looking in the rear view mirror can reveal those things that were negative in the past. But in these days I’ve called you to look ahead, look forward … Forward march! And in that authority, with that badge of authority call the things that are not as though they are and watch them materialize right before your very eyes that are looking out ahead. Ooohh my!
Continued praying…
We are strong in the Lord and in the power of His might
And we do take our flight
We are strong in the Lord
And we will always fight
For we are strong!
I sense things are working out right
Worthy, worthy
Redeeming the time
The day has come and it is bright
Arise and shine and you are bright
You are My burning ones, You are My burning ones
There is a resting, heaven is on our side
We take a place of rest
There is a sweetness, a refreshing
A strengthening and a renewing
Answers, answer, answers
Ms. Mandie shared…
I saw as we just sit in the presence of Jesus, plugged into the power source, that it’s like a power tool. If it’s not plugged into the outlet, it may have all the ability in the world to do what it is created to do but it needs to be plugged into the power source. It needs to be plugged in to do what it was created to do. And I just say in the name of Jesus we plug into that power source. I see it like a Glade Plugin, I see that we begin to diffuse the sweet presence of the Lord, diffuse the fragrance of the Lord, diffusing and changing the atmosphere as we plug in. And not just in our atmosphere but we can proclaim it into the atmospheres and the realms of our influence in the name of Jesus. So plug in your tools! You were never meant to do it on your own. It’s time to plug into that power source! And it’s a never ending source! A never ending energy! A never ending force!
Ms. Cindy commented…
We are power tools! In the world when someone says you are a tool, that’s not necessarily a compliment. It means that you are just an instrument of someone else’s desire. You know they are using you only to get to what they want. But in the hands of God, we are instruments or tools designed by Him to get His will done. And each one of us is specifically designed to bring forth His purpose on earth. You know if you have something in your house that needs fixing and you don’t have the right tool, it can be really difficult. But if you have the right tool, it can actually be fun. You think about men, they love their tools because they are empowering and if you have the right tool, then the job is not even hard. It’s an easy thing and it becomes so very satisfying getting that job done. But it is through the power of His Spirit and we are each designed as a specific tool in His hand and we get the job done. We are power tools in the Kingdom of God and we are in His chest. He pulls us out at the right time to get those jobs done. So, we thank You, Lord, for that!
Pastor Ray…
When your apparatus gets below 10 percent, you better plug it in. Because when it hits 5, it will begin to shut down. And it will not do what it was called to do. It will not function. It will not go online and it won’t be on time.
Ms. Annie led us in worship…
Pastor Ray read the following prayer declaration by Ms. Annie…
Stretch forth Your hand from above, Lord, and rescue us out of great waters, out of the hands of those hostile to You, whose mouths speak lying words, and whose right hands are hands of falsehood. You execute justice for the oppressed, Father God. You open the eyes of the blind. You raise up those who are bowed down. But the way of the wicked You turn upside down! The way of the wicked is as deep darkness, and they do not know what causes them to stumble. They are caught in the cords of their own sin, and their own folly causes them to go astray, and thwarts their plans. Your righteous children are delivered out of trouble, and it comes to the wicked instead. The hypocrites with their mouths seek to destroy. But the righteous, through knowledge of You, God, will be delivered. Those who oppose your righteous cause, oh Lord, are troubling their own house, and they will inherit the wind. But our tongues, the tongues of the righteous, are healing tongues, and our tongues promote health and wholeness. We put away from us a forward mouth, and we put contrary, unbelieving lips far from us.
The wicked, who oppose God’s ways, are ensnared by the transgression of their own lips. So we go from the presence of a foolish man, and we learn none of his ways. For the plans of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the righteous will flourish. In the revenue of the wicked there is trouble; but in the house of the righteous, those who serve the living God, there is great treasure. Though the proud in heart join forces together, none will go unpunished; and all those who speak lies will perish.
The wise man scales the city walls of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust. So we take up the weapons of our warfare, which are mighty through God for the pulling down of strongholds. In the name of Jesus, we scale the city walls of the mighty, and we pull down the strongholds of the enemy in which they trust. We demolish every argument and imagination that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, in this people and in this nation, by the blood of Jesus and in His holy name.
There is no wisdom or understanding or counsel that can stand against the Lord. Their horses may be prepared for a battle, but our deliverance and our victory comes from the Lord. For the Lord overthrows the words of the faithless, and their words hang limp, lame, and devoid of power to affect anything. When the enemies of God dig a pit, they fall into it themselves. When the enemies of God roll a stone, it rolls back upon them. For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed. And the things that they have spoken in the dark will be shouted from the housetops. They scoff and seek to set cities aflame, but through the prayer of the wise wrath is turned away.
Now the voice of rejoicing and salvation is in our tents, oh Lord God. For Your right hand, oh Lord, has done valiantly. Your right hand, oh Lord, is exalted. You are the Lord, and You have given us light!
Continued praying…
Thank You for the light from heaven
We are bright but as we move and walk in these steps, we are becoming brighter and brighter
For the world is turning into darkness but the hand of God is upon the Church
And the body is rising and standing and it shall stand and move more and more move into that door and through and into one accord. Unity will begin to rise up and flow and grow and go and increase like never before for the body is rising and the body is bright for we’re children of the light.
Ms. Annie led us singing…
♪ We’re the people of God called by His name
Called from the dark and delivered from shame
One holy race, saints everyone
Because of the blood of Christ, Jesus His Son
Hear us oh spirits of darkness
So you will know where we stand
We are His servants, purchased with scars by the blood of the Lamb
The blood of the Lamb ♪
Continued praying…
Thank You that we have been joined
Put together as a family
Members thereof and we call others in
From the east and the north and the south and the west
This is the time to step out of darkness and into the light
To become children of the bright
For heaven is calling the voice is saying come unto me
And I shall give you that place of grace
Oh, thank You, Father
For what you have done by Your Spirit
The presence and the anointing that is in that presence
In our hearts we know, in that presence we exit out of and into change
We are changed by the glory by the presence
Even right now this time
Thank You for this new day
We take our seat in heavenly places above
And we believe to overcome as we walk below
But continually seek You from our place above
In Jesus’ name
