Jesus Wants us to Agree with Him

I saw the Lord Jesus in a vision- He was standing before me with the bible in his hand. He then holds out the bible and say's "I am looking for people to agree with me".

In my spirit I heard the following verse....

"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us" Ephesians 3:20

I see Jesus again, immediately after I heard this verse, and He points to the bible and say's "That's in there!"...then He smiles

How awesome is this? The Lord really wants us to know the power we have available in His word. He is just looking for us to agree with Him. There are so many blessings in His word and when we simply agree and have faith in His promises we bring it into the reality.

Let's dust off those past bible verses & prophetic words we may have gotten either recently or even years ago, and let's take Him at His word starting with Ephesians 3:20. He wants to do more than we can ask or imagine. All we have to do is have faith and agree with His word...and He (His power) will do the rest. There is literal power in the word of God!

"For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God" 2 Corinthians 1:20

Jesus really wants to see His people free and walking in the victory and blessing that comes from believing His promises to us and for us. Amen? God bless you all!

The True Crown of Authority

In a vision the Lord Jesus handed me a Crown of Thorns and asked me if I would put it on my head. Now, before I finish telling you this vision, allow me to share something with you. Not too long ago I would have hesitated taking such a crown because I knew this prophetic act meant suffering and even humiliation; however, at this time in my life I was more submitted in my heart to the Lord because I had really learned to just yield more of myself to Him. I was tired (really tired) of wanting things my way and I had made a decision in my heart to Trust Him again no matter what I went through. I also had decided that whatever the Lord said about me was the truth. In other words, I would not listen the lies of the world, our spiritual enemy, pride or anything else. I have learned that authentic trust starts first with listening to the right voice- His Voice and then yielding to His plan for me.  

The Crown of Thorn represents death to self. This also means death to judgments of self and others. When we die to ourselves we can truly live for Christ and His kingdom.

"Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God" 1 Peter 4:1-3

As soon as put on the Crown of Thorns, the Lord then handed me a Kings crown to wear on top of my Crown of Thorns. And then I heard in my Spirit "in that order". I realized the Lord was showing me that true kingdom authority is given not to the kingly, but to the lowly. Not to those who desire kingship, but to those who desire piety. To those who choose to suffer for Christ. Those are the ones who can be trusted with true kingdom authority.

^"But Jesus called them to him and said, “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. It shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:25-28 (ESV)

Finally, its worth noting the Crown of Thorns represents mind renewal. Remember when Jesus was pierced in his head, He shed His blood for all of our negative and ungodly thoughts. When we surrendered to the cross and allow His thoughts to influence ours, we are able to give our own thinking including negative and critical thinking. Of course satan will continue to bombard us with negative condemning thoughts. Because of this, we need to renew our minds daily in the word of God. Remember, the word is or defense against these things. And as we do this, ungodly thoughts won't take root and turn into demonic strongholds which can keep us from faith and trust in Him.

Strongholds can actually be good a good thing when the word of God has become a stronghold in our minds. This is called a holy or Godly stronghold. We can also ask the Lord for His thoughts to become our thoughts. This is a daily surrender. We can then have His wisdom to reject any thoughts that are not of Him and allow the word of God to be our teacher and benchmark.

"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ" 2 Corinthians 10:5

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things" Philippians 4:8

In summary, as we choose to think more like the Lord, we will also willingly choose His ways over our ways even if that means total surrender to suffering for His names sake. And we can even rejoice when we are counted worthy of suffering for His names sake just like the early apostles did. Then and only then we can be truly trusted with His authority to serve others in love which also includes rescuing them from darkness and bringing them into His light. Jesus came to serve, not to be served. May we also do the same.  

Faith in Action

The Lord woke me up one morning to tell me an important truth regarding His word. He tells me the following statement several times:

"My Power is in my Word"

I just said "yes, Lord, that makes sense"... not realizing the significance of what He was really telling me.

Jesus kept speaking to me knowing I was not fully grasping the importance of His words. He continues...

"My power is in my word! When you believe my Word you unlock its power. When you you have Faith in my word you pull (or suck) the power out of my Word".

I could sense He was really emphasizing how having Faith in His Word was the absolute key to walking in victory with His promises. We have been taught to believe in the Word. This is good and that is absolutely where we start in our trust. The next step is having Faith in His word (or promises). Simply put, Faith is confidence in the Word. This confidence will always lead to action; however, not a striving with the Word of God.

"Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see"

Hebrew 11:1

Faith is the substance (or confidence) of things hoped for. We must have something we are hoping for that is in His word in order to believe it will work for us. Hope is being able to see or visualize the result even before it occurs. Visualization will lead to realization when we have faith in His promises. Our faith (confidence in His word) comes from God's faithfulness to His promises not our own efforts or works.

"This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us--whatever we ask--we know that we have what we asked of him" 1 John 5:14-15

I love this verse above. We never have to doubt if God will hear our prayers (when we are quoting His word) because He is always faithful to His word. This is our confidence. Therefore, we can put our faith in God's reputation to back His word. God does not change his mind after He speaks. We can rely fully on His faithfulness and reputation to back His word. In short, if He said it in His word we can stand on it with full confidence and assurance.

"It is the same with my word. I send it out, and it always produces fruit. It will accomplish all I want it to, and it will prosper everywhere I send it" Isaiah 55:11

One of the definitions of the word power is authority. When we have faith (confidence) in Gods word, we are extracting the power (the authority) out of the word bringing it into our reality. When we do this our Christian walk turns from bareness to fruitfulness or from defeat to victory. One word of caution I would suggest it to be careful not to just have a mental ascent with the Word. I have done this many times in the past and it leads to discouragement and even defeat. This is where we hear, read and even quote the word of God, but we are not applying it allowing it to change the way we think on a daily basis. When we hear the word of God and a certain promise resonates with us, we need to protect that promise from our own thinking. Mind renewal with the word is the best way to start to walking in victory. We are transformed by the renewing of our minds.

The further emphasize, the Lord showed me a closed door (It was locked). He said (paraphrased) when we believe in His word, we unlock the door to His promises; however, the door still remains shut until an action is brought forth. Only the action of faith will open the door to the promise. When we do this, we actually (pull out the power) that is locked up in the word and walk through door to victory. It is then that we to step into the reality, blessing and breakthrough of His promises to us. This process is so crucial for us to understand if we are going to walk in Victory with His Word. It starts with our believing, but it requires our continual action or agreement of Faith (which is confidence in Him) that He will back his Word every time.

Opening the Door to His Promises:

Below are the following scripture versus He gave me to support this revelation.

"Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder" James 2: 18-19

This verse should wake any believer up. The Apostle James (half brother of Jesus) is stressing the importance that our believing needs to have wheels of faith (action) attached otherwise we are not much different than unbelievers. Let's continue...

"...do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. and the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone" James 2: 20-24

Did you catch that? Abraham's faith and action were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. Let's have passionate hope filled faith so that we can truly experience the power of God's word in our life. This will give us the victory we desire. Our passion for the word should bring us to a place of holy desperation. This is where we reach out to His promises with such faith that we literally pull out the power from the Word.

We see this in the woman who had the issue of blood. For 12 years she tried everything else and nothing worked. That is until she had an encounter with Jesus. But this was not just any regular encounter. She was not a casual bystander that day. This lady was on a mission. She already had a confession "For she kept saying to herself, If I only touch His garment, I shall be restored to health" (Matthew 9:21). She had confidence that if she only touched the garment of Jesus she would be healed. Its an incredible testimony. As Jesus walks by, this faith filled woman reaches out with full expectation and with such faith that she actually stops Jesus in his tracks...

"At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from Him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”  “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ” But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” Mark 5: 30-32

Think about this for a minute. Many people were touching and pressing into Jesus on this day; however, only one touched Jesus in such away that even He was surprised saying "who touched my clothes?",
Because of this woman's faith "Power had gone out from Jesus". Her faith pulled the power and her miracle out of Jesus. His response to her was "Your faith has healed you...".

In this visitation, the Lord is simply reminding all of us the importance of having this kind of faith with His word. His garment is His word. When we touch it with the full assurance of faith, we too can pull out the power locked inside. There is literal power in the Word of God waiting to be extracted by our Faith. Let us together exercise this kind of FAITH in His promises. Remember, it starts with believing His promises. Then it moves to Faith (confidence in his faithfulness towards His word). This faith leads to action on our part making our faith complete.

The action of faith can be many things such as: intercessory prayer, healing the sick, making faith filled declarations and the like. Ask the Holy Spirit and He will faithfully lead you to opening the door to your promise in God's word. He also helps us in our weakness.

Let's be like Abraham remember that God is good for His word by mixing our belief and faith into an action (not just mental assent with the word) to get our breakthrough. I believe this is paramount for every believer's victory with the word of God. The power is in the word and our Faith will pull it out. When we are walking in this level of faith and authority even hell itself cannot stop us.

As I sensed this visitation coming to an end, the Lord finalizes His message to me...

"Tell my people that my Power is in my Word. I'm in my Word, and My Power is in my Word"

This was the end of the visitation. May the Lord bless you and encourage you into a higher level of faith in Him and His promises.

By the way...if you feel like you are lacking in faith don't feel condemned. Just ask the Lord to increase your faith. Ask and you shall receive. God bless you.

I had a recent experience with the Lord where I was in a heavenly type of landscape. I felt like it was at the end of one era and the beginning of a new. Jesus then shows me what appeared to be an early sunrise. It was still dark, but I could see the sun piercing through the clouds and escaping the darkness that hovered over the horizon. The light was quickly breaking forth and then the Lord turned to me and say's...

"There is a new day dawning for my people. It is a day of new beginnings. Tell them to Trust again, Tell them to Believe again, Tell them to have Hope again"

The Lord has declared a new day for His people. Shut the door on yesterday and learn to forgive yourself and others. It's time to move forward into His promises. it's a new day. Rejoice in the Lord!