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Team Tuesday - January 17, 2017

1/17/2017

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Dear People of Prayer,
We are a group of people called out to work with God’s Spirit to bring about the transfer of His will from the unseen realm to the seen realm. This is called answered prayer, but answered prayer has an enemy...
 
IDENTIFYING: UNIDENTIFIED FEAR
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
 
Fear hides....for it is in itself fearful.
Fear tolerated is faith contaminated!

 
Fear is a spirit that has a partner, the thief. “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.” (John 10:10)

Jesus Christ has come to give us life ­­­­­­— Christ has redeemed us from the kingdom of darkness. Therefore, if you are troubled by fear, fear is trespassing on God’s blood-bought property and has no legal right to operate in the life of a Christian. “For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, 'Abba, Father.'” (Romans 8:15) Use your “sword of the Spirit” which is the Word of God against fear!
 
LEARNING FROM THE PAST
The children of Israel were set free from the bondage of slavery in Egypt by the mighty power of God. As they traveled through the wilderness, God repeatedly demonstrated His might through signs and wonders. Yet, when Moses was getting ready to lead the nation to take the promised land of Canaan, ten leaders, filled with unbelief, transferred their unbelief and spirit of fear to three million people saying, "... it is a land that devours its inhabitants..." Consumed by fearful thoughts, the people cried and wept all night long. Why? Because they forgot God was with them and believed a lie instead. Not even the faith of Caleb and Joshua could convince them otherwise.
 
Believing Lies
No faith — no hope.
That certainly produced the fruit of uncontrolled paranoia as emotions ran amuck! We have seen some of this same thing, believing lies, exhibited in our own nation after the Election in November, haven’t we?
 
The Root of Fear
This is part of the Adamic nature of the first Adam — a nature we were all born with but which is defeated by the nature of the last Adam, Jesus Christ, who abides within us.
 
Consider the first words of Adam after his transgression. “Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, ‘Where are you?’ So he said, ‘I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.’” (Genesis 3:9-10)

Adam’s sin opened the door to the spirit of fear and contaminated his seed and all his offspring to come.

The Root of Faith — Jesus Christ!
Grace and faith are gifts from God, not of works lest any man boast! (Ephesians 2:8-9) Jesus said, “Have faith in God.” Greek scholars translate this verse as “Have the God kind of faith.” (Mark 11:22)
 
This is faith that speaks and mountains move!
 
Without this “developed” faith, we will not accomplish the greater works and establish His Kingdom goodness throughout the earth. The nations need to see demonstrations, signs, wonders, and miracles because it is the true reality of God where nothing is impossible if you believe!
 
BELIEVING GOD — IT’S A CHOICE
When Jesus began His ministry at thirty years of age, He was sent into the wilderness. At the end of forty days of fasting, His enemy came to tempt Him. With each temptation, Jesus triumphed over fear by using scripture. Jesus knew His Father was faithful as He trusted God for His life, His assignment on earth, and what God said about Him, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” (Matthew 3:17)
 
What was the result of this? Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit! (Luke 4:14)
“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.” (1 John 4:18)
 
Disciples:
Discipline is Required!

In dealing with our assignments to pray, sometimes longtime issues can throw an intercessor into a “prayer rut,” repeating the same prayers over and over again, that can potentially become ineffective, without life (faith) in them; or perhaps unknowingly, those prayers are filled with complaint and anxiety (fear).
 
If you haven’t established a routine of guarding your thoughts and taking them captive to the Word of God daily (2 Corinthians 10:3-5), most likely you have fear that you do not recognize as fear. Remember, fear tends to hide because it doesn’t want to be cast out.

Life-less prayers can be corrected by praying much in tongues, led by the Holy Spirit. (Romans 8:26)
 
Disciples must be doers of the word. (James 1:22) That means when you read scripture and it tells you to do something, you put it into practice ... every day, every month, year after year, decade after decade. This is walking in the Spirit, which is walking in faith.
 
But you will have to control something that is located just under your nose!
 
The Power of Words
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
And those who love it will eat its fruit.” (Proverbs 18:21)
 
Fear (death) can build mountains of unbelief.
How? By the words of your mouth.

That’s why it is not good for you to rehearse your problems over and over, every time you’re with friends. Month after month you’re building something that you don’t want.
 
“Indeed, we put bits in horses’ mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires. Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles!”
(James 3:3-5)
 
“The good man from his inner good treasure
flings forth good things,
and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse
flings forth evil things. 
But I tell you,
on the day of judgment
men will have to give account
for every idle
(inoperative, nonworking) word they speak. 
For by your words
you will be justified and acquitted,
and by your words
you will be condemned and sentenced.”
(Matthew 12:35-37 AMP)

So, we see from Jesus’ teaching that our words are building things.

Unbelief is one of the tentacles of fear. Words of unbelief can leave a hole in a Christian’s wall of protection. Unbelief and doubt resist and oppose God’s written Word to stand against faith to block manifestations of the Kingdom of God where “nothing is impossible” to him who believes.

God has quite a bit to say on the subject of fear. Did you know there are over three hundred scriptures on fear in the Bible?

Fear is the Opposite of Faith
Fear is actually a spiritual force. It is faith in something you do not want to happen.
All fear is rooted in the fear of death ... which Jesus has already delivered us from.
Read and know Hebrews 2:14-16.
 
If you have fear operating in your life it will affect answered prayer.
 
THE NINE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT
They are love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (Galatians 5:22-23)

These are spiritual forces located in the heart of the born again Believer.
They help us to live a sanctified and victorious life.
 
Notice, anxiety, worry, apprehension, concern, dread, foreboding, uneasiness, distress, frustration, tension, anguish, or fretfulness cannot be found in the fruit of the spirit because they are manifestations of fear. If these are manifesting in your life they will affect your prayer ministry.
 
“Okay, I see that. What can I do?”
Follow the instructions of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 4:4-9.
 
THE DAY THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING
When you and I received Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the biggest miracle of all miracles took place. We went from death to life eternal!

God entered into our being and we became His holy habitation. That new man, when fully developed, has the potential to do great things, just like Jesus ... and even greater now as His Body is maturing and awakening to our inheritance in Him.
 
Think of it — Jesus was not the only man who walked on water.
Peter also walked on water. “Yeah, but that’s because Jesus was right there.”
 
No, that is not correct.
If Peter was walking on Jesus’ faith, he would not have fallen into the water when he saw the wind and the waves roaring around him. “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?” (Matthew 14:31)
 
Fear caused Peter to sink!
 
Religious Tradition and Control
Fear is sneaky, hiding in different costumes. The Pharisees and Sadducees were religious leaders who were dominated by fear and led many people into the bondage of fear.

An old saying is "prayer is often caught rather than taught."
Ineffective prayer can also be caught, having no biblical foundation. Guard what you allow to come into your ears!

Listen for direction from the Holy Spirit in your inner man.
 
FEAR
AND UNANSWERED PRAYER

Sometimes fear is hiding beneath a cloak of weariness where you become disillusioned.

Example: Perhaps you have been standing on God’s Word, speaking to the mountain (problem) a long time. As we have already said, this may cause you to get into a prayer rut that causes you to fret and wonder if change will ever take place. If faith begins to dwindle so will your prayers. Empty prayers produce zero results!

These are patterns of behavior that the Holy Spirit uncovers to help us all learn and grow.
 
Putting God First Place in Your Life
Once fear is uncovered, correction is easy. Repent. Double-up on your Bible Study time. Listen to anointed teachings on faith often. (Don’t ever have your fellowship time with your cell phone next to you. Interruptions will steal your ability to receive faith.)
 
Faith Comes by Hearing
Here is a teaching on faith that will charge your spirit with God’s Word and nourish your prayer life! Kenneth Hagin – Fight the Good Fight of Faith!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgXoXJHzB64&t=872s

Jerry Savelle gave a priceless teaching on standing in faith years ago. It was a meeting that we had the privilege of attending. It's a classic! Be prepared for some humor...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFoFMSGQ5qk

Suggested Assignment
How can you identify fear?

Ask the Holy Spirit to show you any areas that you have a hidden fear.
Example: “The fear of man brings a snare, But whoever trusts in the Lord shall be safe.” (Proverbs 29:25)
Ask your Helper to identify anything hindering answered prayer.

Some other things that influence answered prayer:
Be aware of what you are continually thinking about. Remember: 2 Corinthians 10:3-5.

What are you always talking or whining about to God or others?
Are you complaining? Are you making your mountain bigger? (Ephesians 4:29-32)
Replace negative attitudes with a scripture promise. Meditate on that word. (Joshua 1:8)

Are you unevenly yoked with an unbeliever? (2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1)

Put on God’s armor and fight the good fight of faith. Speak to the mountain. Believe what you SAY will be done for you. (Mark 11:23) Faith works through love. Forgive quickly.
Perfected love casts out all fear!
Sing! See Power Praise
 
Maintain a Victorious Life Free From Fear
“But you, beloved,
building yourselves up
on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Spirit, 
keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ
unto eternal life.” (Jude 20)
 
PRAYER WITH PURPOSE: See Current Events
  • Pray for your state and nation.
  • Fast and pray: Thursday, January 19, 2017 for the President-Elect and Inauguration Day (Friday, January 20th)
  • Display your flag on January 20th to show your love for our country!
 
Pray for:
The Glorious Church   The Lost   Elected Leaders

 
 
 
 
 
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Team Tuesday - January 3, 2017

1/3/2017

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Dear Saints Who are called to Prayer,
It’s December 30, 2016, and I believe I have received a teaching/direction from the LORD about where The Church is going in 2017. If you have not read the previous lesson, please do so before continuing. Just scroll down.
 
1.   2017 — THE END DAYS CHURCH:
Transformation of The Church ... to The Glorious Church!

You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.
(2 Peter 2:9)

When God begins to move...
We've seen it in the election and we're about to see His power be turned up  in His  Church.

First things first...
Transformation of the corporate Church is taking place by Jesus Christ washing each member of His Body with the holy anointed Word of God. It is called sanctification and it removes spots, wrinkles, and blemishes. (Ephesians 5:25-27)
 
Why?
That Jesus “might present her to Himself” ... holy!

Of course, those who are not spending time in God’s Word continually will remain unwashed and be subject to further discipline. (Hebrews 12:5-11)
It is better to submit and obey! Humility is a requirement for maturity ... and power!

Those who are being led by the Holy Spirit and who are in subjection to His good will are going to enter into glorious times ... this year!
 
Imagine this ...
A vast multitude of scriptures becoming LIVE to a multitude of Believers.
“The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life.” (John 6:63)
 
We have all experienced this in times past. It’s when the Holy Spirit “sits” on a passage or a song and it is quickened to your inner man. There’s an infusion of light that bursts forth within the new-creation man. The Word becomes light, life, and love in you. It’s called the glory of God.

Remember when the skin of Moses' face shone with the glory of God? (Exodus 34:29-30)
 
Definition of Infuse: to breathe into; to instill; inspire; penetrate; pour into; introduce; implant
 
Imagine multitudes of Believers becoming “lit” with the glory of God every morning as they study God’s Word.... See 2 Corinthians 4:6-7.

When Solomon dedicated the Temple, the glory of God came in and filled the house.
The Church, each dedicated member of Christ’s Body, is about to be filled with the glory of God, for we are His living Temple!
 
2.   2017 — GOD HAS AN ARMY MARCHING THROUGH THE LAND
It is absolutely necessary that we know who we are, what we have been given, what Jesus Christ has redeemed us from, and the authority we have been given. This knowledge is the foundation of our individual callings and what the corporate Body is called to do before the LORD’S return.
 
“But I just don’t understand why it’s so important to read and speak the Who I Am in Christ Scriptures all the time?”
 
Because you have been told lies about who you really are!
 
Religious Tradition
Believing those lies infected The Church! It caused many in The Church to see themselves how the world views them: impotent, unbalanced, insignificant, puny, and unimportant.
 
It is sad to think that many teachers and Pastors are stuck in unbelief about who and what The Church has been given because they don’t know the scriptures.

The Fearless
Think about ordinary men that became valiant and courageous in battle, defeating whole armies: Abraham and his 318 servants who defeated the armies of four kings; Moses, Joshua, Gideon, King David, and so on; all enforced God’s will to defeat the enemy!
 
The Valiant: those who are called and strive to obtain the Kingdom of God and its privileges with the utmost eagerness and effort
 
Equipped with Faith in God
“...who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,  quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens...” (Hebrews 11:32-33) See the Overcomer Scriptures.
 
The Mightiest of Conquerors
And, let us not forget our Champion, Jesus Christ, for it is He who took the keys of Hades and Death from the enemy and “disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it.” (Colossians 2:15)
 
It is He who has made us alive together with Himself and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Him...far above all principalities and powers and might and dominion... (See Ephesians 1:21 & 2:5-6)
 
Oh, that The Church would know and experience the exceeding greatness of His power! (Ephesians 1:19) It’s time now for that prayer by the Apostle Paul to be answered and experienced throughout The Church!
 
“...be transformed by the renewing of your mind...” (Romans 12:2)
It’s the only way to do the perfect will of God. “For as he thinketh within himself, so is he ...” (Proverbs 23:7)
See the Who I Am in Christ Scriptures.
 
3.   2017 — RECEIVE AND ACT ON THE LIVING WORD
Below are powerful scriptures to meditate on.

“Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me:
‘Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To root out and to pull down,
To destroy and to throw down,
To build and to plant.’” (Jeremiah 1:9-10)

“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:18-19)

“For assuredly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” (Mark 11:23)

“This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” (Joshua 1:8)

4.   2017 — THE GLORIOUS CHURCH
“Blessed be the God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
who has blessed us
with every spiritual blessing
in the heavenly places in Christ,
just as He chose us
in Him
before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy
and without blame
before Him in love,
having predestined us
to adoption as sons
by Jesus Christ to Himself,
according to the good pleasure of His will,
to the praise of the glory of His grace,
by which He made us
accepted in the Beloved.” (Ephesians 1:3)
 
Therefore go...
“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.” (Matthew 10:16)

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8)
 
It’s time for the Glorious Church to answer the hunger that is on this planet!
 
5.   2017 — SAVING THE LOST
They are without God in the world, having no hope, (Ephesians 2:12) just like we were before Christ.
 
Love never fails!
Sometimes hurting people hurt people.
 
Instead of rejecting or retaliating against those who persecute us unfairly — embrace them with divine love — HIS ABILITY TO LOVE — especially through forgiveness and prayer, for in this manner we please the Father of Grace who gave His Son as a divine offering for those (the world) who abused Him and rejected Him.

His assignment to please His Father was always first place in His heart and in His mind. He came to do the will of God and to save suffering humanity from the ravages of sin and death — the curse of the Law.

He came to deliver them from the power of darkness and transfer them into the Kingdom of eternal love. (Colossians 1:13)
 
Therefore “Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Read Romans 12:14-21. 

 
6.   2017 — JESUS' POWER WORKS THROUGH THE CHURCH
Let’s zoom out over the last two thousand years of The Church age and get an overview of what has been happening and what takes place at the end when Almighty God will bring order and restoration to His creation.
 
“... whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began.” (Acts 3:21)
 
“...blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.” (Romans 11:25)

“Sit at My right hand,
Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.” (Hebrews 1:13)

“... and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe,
according to the working of His mighty power 
which He worked in Christ when He raised Him
from the dead and seated Him at His right hand
in the heavenly places, far above
all principality and power and might and dominion,
and every name that is named,
not only in this age but also in that which is to come.
And He put all things under His feet,
and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:19-23)
 
“... till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ ...” (Ephesians 4:13)
 
7.   2017 — ANGELIC ASSISTANCE
“Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” (Hebrews 1:14)
 
“Bless the Lord, you His angels,
Who excel in strength, who do His word,
Heeding the voice of His word.” (Psalm 103:20)
 
If you pick up your Bible and hold it to your ear, you will not hear any words. But when a born again Believer, who walks by faith in God speaks the Word, angels are sent on assignment to bring God’s Word to pass.
 
Just remember to guard your mouth from saying any words that would cancel their objective. Never replace faith with fear by thinking it’s not working.

Give the angels time to do their work. Fight the good fight of faith to see results! 
 
The power of ONE angel!
“And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.” (2 Kings 19:35)
 
So, what can we expect in 2017?
Lesson Recap
1. The filling of the End Days Church with God’s glory!
2. God has an Army breaking free of religious tradition to Who they are in Christ.
3. The Glorious Church is receiving and acting on God’s Word.
4. Who the Glorious Church really is.
5. The Assignment: Saving the lost. 
6.  Jesus’ power works through His Church. 
7.  Angelic Assistance is a must.
 
What do all these things have in common? What comes before we see results?
Prayer! Prayer! Prayer!

We are praying with a purpose:
Make The Church ready for center stage and bring in the harvest!
See the Prophetic Word for 2017.
 
Day of Fasting and Prayer: Mark your calendar.
Thursday, January 5th
Thursday, January 12th
Thursday, January 19th

We're praying for our states and the nation.
Pray for President-elect Donald Trump and the government transition.
Pray for his Inauguration.
Pray much in tongues. Be led by the Holy Spirit. He will guide you.

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The Glorious Church
The Lost
Elected Leaders


 
 
 
 
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