Fight to the Finish

Saints, we are there. We are at the destination point for which God has ordained. We are at the edge of the Jordan River, ready to cross over into the Promised Land (The Book of Joshua). As one prophet put it, we are at the cusp. 

I received a prophetic word a few days ago, stating that I was closer than I thought I was. Once again Saints, we are there. But we need to understand as we prepare to enter the last two months of the calendar year, that we're going to have to Fight to the Finish. 

An associate minister of mine shared with me the analogy a few years ago, of when a football team is preparing to score a touchdown in what is called "the red-zone" (20 yards away from the end zone). He said that when a team gets in that type of position to score, the opposing team strengthens their resistance. 

Saints, you can expect the Adversary to "step up his game" as far as trying to keep us from receiving our reward and our inheritance. But greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world! (1John 4). We must prepare to Fight to the Finish.

The apostle Paul wrote, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith" (2Timothy 4). In addition to the fight, we must stay the course. What Satan is going to try to do is to get us off track. He's going to try to distract us. We rebuke this ploy of the devil. 

We don't have to get side-tracked if we just finish the course that God has placed us on. Stay in your lane. Stay focused. I received a prophetic word just the other week where the Lord said to me, "DON'T LOOK BACK". We must stay the course, and like Paul, we must finish the course.

Then saints, we must learn to endure. The word says in 2 Timothy chapter 2, to endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. For many of us it may seem harder than it has all season. For others, you're just tired. 

Tired of the struggle, tired of the strain, tired of the grind, tired of the stress, tired of the discomfort, tired of the misunderstanding, tired of the rejection, just plain old tired. But what does the Word say, "Be not weary in well doing, for in due season ye shall reap, if ye faint not" (Galatians 6). 

I'm here to tell you Saints, we are in due season, so don't give up now. Whatever you have to do, fast, pray, sacrifice, sow, worship, praise; whatever you have to do, don't give up! Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh in the Morning! (Psalm 30). 

If you have to cry, cry; even if you have to cry all night long. That's alright, because in the Morning, Hallelujah, it's going to be A New Day, with New Blessings and New Miracles that The Father has prepared, just for you. All you have to do is Fight to the Finish.

From a Mess to a Masterpiece

Recently I was over the house of some friends of mine who had just gotten the interior of their house painted. They showed me pictures of the moving that they had to do before everything was painted. It was a mess! They had to clear out the living room, the kitchen, and the bedrooms. It was chaos everywhere. But by the time I saw the finished product, everything had been restored back to order and the remodeling of the home looked fantastic. It had gone from a mess to a masterpiece.

Saints, you may feel like right about now things are simply a mess in your life. Your finances are a mess, your health is a mess, your family situation is a mess, your marriage is a mess, the situation on your job is a mess, things in the church are a mess. Life just seems to be one big mess! But I want to remind you today that the God we serve specializes in taking a mess and turning it into a masterpiece. That's what He did in the Beginning. 

When you read Genesis chapter 1, the bible says that the earth was without form and void, and that darkness was upon the face of the deep. That sounds like one big mess to me. But by the end of the narrative, in six days, God had turned what looked like a mess into the masterpiece of His Creation.

I am convinced saints that the same God who restored order to the Universe back in the Beginning, can restore order to the mess of your life as well. But there are a few things that we must do in order to allow the Lord to turn our mess into a masterpiece.

Number one, we have to admit that we are in a Mess. Whether we created the mess or not or whether we're responsible for the mess or not, we still have to be honest and admit that it's a Mess. There are too many people in denial in regards to the mess that their lives are in. We need to quit trying to rationalize (telling rational lies) and make excuses for the mess and call it what it is; it's a Mess. This will grant us the humility to allow God to come in and straighten this mess out.

Then we need to repent. For many of us, we are responsible for some of the mess that our lives are in. We did make some bad decisions, we did make some wrong choices, we have developed some unhealthy habits, and its gotten us into the mess that we're in. The reason why repentance (to think again) is so significant is because if God were to come in and clean up the mess and we haven't learned from the mess that we've made, we'll simply make another mess all over again. This is not the Will of the Lord. Let the Holy Spirit teach us, train us, and convict us so that we won't be apt to keep making the same mess over and over again.

Lastly, we need to acknowledge and admit that we are not the maker of the Masterpiece. A lot of times, once the mess has been cleaned up, we then think that we're equipped to start working on the Masterpiece. Wrong. We can't make the Masterpiece, God is the Maker of the Masterpiece. 

When my friends got their house painted, they hired a professional painter. They didn't try to paint their house themselves. I suspect if they had, it just would've been another mess all over again. But they knew their limitations. And what would it have been like if they had tried to tell the painter how to do their job? A lot of times that's how we are with God. 

Why doesn't God do this? Why doesn't God do that? Why didn't He do it like this? Why doesn't He do it like that? Have you ever created a universe? Have you ever originated life? Have you ever been the Designer of life? So then if you're not the painter (hopefully you're following the analogy) then go somewhere and sit down. That's what we need to do with God. 

Stay out of His Way, stay in your lane, and let Him proceed to construct a masterpiece out of your life. He's able saints. No matter what the mess, He's willing and able to turn it into a masterpiece.

The Prosperity of Pain

Most people that I meet are what could be described as, Pain-Aversive. Most people don't like pain and are not trying to invite pain into their personal situation. This of course makes sense, and is fairly natural as well as normal. However, it may not necessarily be spiritual. I'm not talking about being "masochistic"; I'm talking about operating with most if not all of your mental faculties intact. There is an element of pain that God has actually designed to bless and develop His people. No, it is not something we like, but it is something that we need to learn to embrace. It is the Prosperity of Pain.

You may wonder, how can Pain be Prosperous? I'm sure many of you have heard the old saying, "no pain, no gain". There is definitely some truth in that. There's also the saying, "there's no growth without pain". If you've experienced any type of success or achievement in your life, at any level, then you've experienced growing pains. Physically, as our bodies develop and mature, from childhood to adolescence, and from adolescence to adulthood, we feel the pain of transition in terms of our bodies developing into physical maturity. Then emotionally and socially, we've all had "life lessons" that were hard and painful. Whether it was with our families, or relationships, or on the job or our careers; we've all had experiences that we had to learn from through which we grew and developed as individuals. However, even though we've grown and learned from what we went through, it was still Painful. But you can honestly say that you're a better person because of what you went through. That's part of the Prosperity of Pain.

 What we really want to understand is that part of God's Divine Design for the human situation is Pain. As much as I hate to disappoint you, it is not God's Will for you just to be happy and care-free while you sojourn here on earth. That's reserved for you for Eternity in Heaven. Down here, God has set it up to where we will experience pain. And believe it or not, a lot of it (not all of it of course) is ordained by God. How do we know this? Because that was the Plan for His Son. Jesus came to earth, not just to die, but to suffer and die. His was not a "pain-free" death, it was a pain-filled Death. Look at what The Book of Isaiah chapter 53 (The Message), says about the Suffering of Jesus, "it's what God had in mind all along, to crush Him (Jesus) with pain...and God's Plan will deeply prosper through Him". The Prosperity of Pain is the Salvation of the world! The Prosperity of Pain is our receiving the gift of Eternal Life. The Prosperity of Pain is us being restored to Eternal Fellowship with our God. And saints, as you embrace the pain, the suffering  and the cross for which we all have been called to bear, there will be those who are direct recipients and beneficiaries of your commitment to The Prosperity of Pain.

Competition for Affection

Have you ever wondered why Adam was inclined to rebel against His Maker and Creator? The bible clearly states that he was not deceived (1Timothy 2), so it was clearly an act of deliberation and intentionality. So what was behind this dastardly act of disobedience? And let's not be so swift to blame the woman (Eve). Even though she was the first to commit the transgression, Adam was fully responsible for his own actions. I believe that part of the reason why Adam was inclined to rebel against the governmental authority of his God was because of a case of Competition for Affection.

A lot of the reason why we sin, particularly when we know better and are in a place to do better, is because our affection is not totally with God. Remember, Adam did not have a sinful nature, so he was not challenged with the internal battle of indwelling sin. He was "externally" influenced. And believe it or not saints, a lot of times, we are too; and aren't even fully aware of it. We need to make sure that as we enter this season of Blessing and Reward, that we are not being "duped and seduced" into Competition for Affection.

When God created Eve for Adam, there was now someone else who could compete for Adam's affection. I believe that this was by Divine Design. Did you know that God will allow certain people and certain situations to arise to "test" your affection and fidelity towards Him? Not tempt you, test you. God wants to know, even when I bless you, will you still be ultimately loyal and faithful to me? There are more than a few saints that fail this test. I believe that Adam went through the same test that Jesus (the last Adam) experienced in Luke chapter 4, a Satanic attack. And I believe he passed (there's no scriptural support for this assertion so this is my faith, not my doctrine). However, when Eve arrived the dynamics changed. She too was now a part of the "Satanic battleground"; and for whatever reason, she was not as equipped to withstand the temptation as (we believe) her husband was.

Did you know that Jesus went through a similar test of Loyalty and Affection? In Matthew 16, when Jesus asks the disciples who people were saying He was, Peter acknowledged that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the Living God. Jesus told him that flesh and blood did not reveal this to him, but The Father in heaven. A few verses later, when Jesus was telling the disciples that He had to suffer and die, Peter rebuked Him for these remarks. Then Jesus turns and says to Peter, "Satan, get thee behind me". Peter in this instance represents "the bride of Christ" (the church), just as Eve represented the bride of Adam. If Jesus had given in to Peter the way Adam had given in to Eve, do you know He wouldn't have gone to the cross? But there was no Competition for His Affection. Nobody and nothing came before His love for The Father. And saints, this is how we're supposed to be. Not our family, not our money, not our status, not our ministry, not our life; nothing should precede nor supersede our love for God. This is the victory of The Competition for Affection.

Radical Faith

The days of having commonplace, ordinary, mundane faith are over. We are getting ready to enter a season where, in order to operate in God at a level of peace and security, you must possess Radical Faith. 

There are a lot of believers who have just enough faith to believe that Jesus died for their sins, rose from the dead the third day, and is seated at the Right Hand of The Father. This is the faith required for salvation, and for this we give God all of the praise. However, in the days for which we are about to experience, this type of salvific faith alone, will not be sufficient. Your lukewarm brand of Christianity will fail you in the days ahead. 

For awhile now, God has been warning the church to, if I can say it like this, "get right with God". Quit playing around. Make the crooked places straight and the rough places plain (Luke 3). He's been calling us to surrender to His circumcision of the heart and crucifixion of the flesh. 

Unfortunately, there have been more than a few believers who have spurned the Call of the Lord to draw nearer and submit to Him in righteousness and holiness. Now the time for why God has been calling us to this place in Him is about to manifest. And in order to survive in the days to come, you must adhere to and embrace Radical Faith.

What is Radical Faith? Radical Faith is the type of faith that believes in God for the Supernatural as the norm.  Let me say again, Radical Faith believes in God for the Supernatural as the normative way to relate to God and the normal way that God chooses to relate to His people. There are too many people in the church that only expect to witness the Supernatural and the Miraculous when they've exhausted all human effort and remedies and resources in the Natural. This is incorrect. 

The God we serve is a Supernatural God. He is a Miracle-Working God. So if God is this type of God, and no believer would argue that He is, then why don't we witness God working supernaturally in our lives on a more regular basis? It's not because God has changed (Malachi 3), but because of the deficiency of our faith. 

If you're not operating in supernatural faith, then you can't expect to witness a Supernatural God. If you don't have miracle working faith, then you can't expect to experience a Miracle Working God. It doesn't mean that God "won't" do it, but remember, God acts and moves on our behalf according to our faith (Matthew 8).

This is why we need to allow the Holy Spirit to cultivate within us Radical Faith. Why? Because saints in the days ahead I can assure you, you're going to need the Supernatural just to survive. You're going to need miracles more than you've ever needed them before. 

You may not see it now, but I'm trying to tell you, the times are about to change, regardless of what it looks like right now. And when they do, you don't want to be trying to "gird up your faith" then; you want to already know how to operate in Radical Faith.

The Discipline of Sonship

There is a distinct difference between being a child of God and a son of God. In this Season and in the Kingdom Move that The Father is about to release into the earth, God is calling for sons (Romans 8). The reference to the sons of God is gender neutral. So whether you are male or female, in Christ Jesus, we are all called to walk as spiritual sons of God (Galatians 3). (However, there is a reference to "sons and daughters" of God in 2Corinthians 6). This call is very important, because there are too many believers that are still operating in spiritual immaturity and childishness (Hebrews 5). God is ready to work with a mature church, that is at least striving for full maturity in Christ (Ephesians 4). If you are serious about being all that God has called you to be, then your aspiration should be to operate and walk in the calling of Divine Sonship (John 1). In order to fully answer this call, you must therefore submit to The Discipline of Sonship.

One of the things I'm learning about people in general and Christians in particular, is that we don't mind being taught, but we hate being corrected. People love obtaining knowledge, but dislike it when they're told they're wrong. Let me say on the front end, if you have a challenge with correction, then you're going to have a difficult time walking in Divine Sonship. God's means of Discipline is correcting you. The Father's not trying to flatter us or stroke our egos, He wants to conform us to the Image of His Son (Romans 8). In order to do this, He has to flat out tell you where you're wrong. If you're going to be all that God is calling you to be, check your ego at the door and your hyper-sensitivity, and let The Father work on and work out that which you didn't even know needed to be addressed and rectified. And by the way, He won't always do it "Himself", He'll use someone who's just as flawed as you to be the instrument of correction. And you have to sit there and take it, knowing they're just as messed up as you are! Such is the Discipline of Sonship.

Another area for which we must be willing to submit if we are going to answer the call to Divine Sonship, is that we must be willing to endure Satanic Suffering. First off, many Christians that I have talked to over the years don't get "excited" about the prospect of suffering. Saints, we need to allow the Holy Spirit to renew us in this area of our minds and thinking. Even though it's not natural (it's Supernatural), we need to start getting excited about the prospect and the privilege of suffering for the name of Christ and for the advancement of His Kingdom. The bible says that Jesus learned obedience by the things He suffered (Hebrews 5). And when the apostles suffered for His Name's sake, they went away rejoicing (Acts 5). God uses Satan to hinder us and harass us to develop the Godly character for which He has ordained to be established within us. Which means that, a lot of times, when it gets hard, yes it may be Satanically orchestrated, but it may also be Divinely Sponsored. Ask Job if that's not the case (The Book of Job). And Jesus's Satanic attack in the wilderness was sponsored by God (Luke 4). It was all a part of His Development. Even the Only Begotten Son of God had to endure The Discipline of Sonship.

The Key to Success

I believe that anybody who professes to be a Christian should be a Success. If you are a born-again believer in Christ then you should be experiencing Success in every area of your life: physically, mentally, financially, relationally, spiritually, emotionally, ministerially and otherwise. Every area of your life should reflect that you are a Success. Unfortunately, we know of a lot of professing believers that are not experiencing Success. Christians who've been divorced (on multiple occasions), Christians who are sick in their body (chronic sickness, not just a cold), Christians who are financially depleted (the secular term is "broke"). You have preachers and ministers of the Gospel whose ministries are not being blessed, not growing, not being productive and effective. But yet these people believe in God and have confessed Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. What's the problem? The problem is that even though a person may be saved and a believer in Christ, if you don't have The Key to Success, you will not be success-ful. If a person has a personal relationship with God, they should have Success in their life, every area of their life. But you have to use The Key to Success.

God gives the Key to Success in the first chapter of the Book of Joshua. When God lays out the Key to Success, it is when the children of Israel are about to embark upon the Promised Land. Let me say very quickly, you will not have success in God staying comfortable where you are. You must reach for the Divine Destiny (God's Promised Land for your life) that God has prepared and ordained for your life. Otherwise, you will not experience Success (and if you do, I guarantee you, it won't last). So what is the Key? The first thing God says is to Be Strong and of a Good Courage. There are too many saints that are weak: spiritually weak, emotionally weak, mentally weak, physically weak. You can't have Success and be weak. Everybody has weaknesses, areas in our lives that represent more of a liability than an asset. But when you are strong, you don't let your weaknesses, or your past, or your circumstances or your environment, keep you from where God has ordained you to be. Too many Christians have too many excuses. This is not the Will of God. Then God says be of Good Courage. We have too many saints that are scared. Scared to take a risk, scared to take a stand, scared to stand out, scared to go against the crowd, scared to move out of their comfort zone. Once again saints, in order to have Success in God, you have to release and relinquish that spirit of fear. Fear will paralyze you. And when it does it will keep you stuck in the wilderness instead of flourishing in the Promised Land. Release that spirit of fear (2Timothy 1).

Lastly, God says that we have to read His Word. He tells Joshua, "This Book of the Law...thou shalt meditate therein day and night...then thou shalt have good success". There are still too many Christians that don't read the Word, the Bible, everyday. If your spiritual diet still consists of a weekly Sunday morning sermon, I already know your walk with Christ is weak at best. We need more than that. We've got to get into the Word. This is the only way that our minds are going to be renewed (Romans 12). This is the only way that we're going to be able to "think like God". It is imperative saints. If we incorporate these biblical principles, God will be Faithful to bless us with The Key to Success.

Ready for the Reward

This is a time for the elect of God to get excited, because it is Promotion Time! God is ready to give out Rewards to all of those who have been faithful and endured during this Season of preparation and waiting for Him to release The Kingdom Move that is about to hit the earth. There are many of you that have been grinding it out for a while. You've been patient, you've sacrificed, you've suffered, you've endured. And I'm sure at some point along the way you've asked the question, how long Lord? Well saints I want to assure you, not much longer! You need to get Ready for the Reward.

The Bible says very clearly in the first chapter of Hebrews, that the God we serve is a God of Rewards. He rewards those who "diligently seek Him". If you've been one who has faithfully, consistently and diligently sought the Lord during this Season (not necessarily perfectly) then you need to start (if you haven't already)  gearing up your faith to receive the Reward that God has prepared and ordained for you. Yes saints, the Lord has Gifts, and Blessings, and Miracles and Promotions already prepared for those who have been diligently seeking His Face and His Will. This is not the time to be discouraged, and this is not the time to get distracted. This is the time to get Ready for the Reward.

One of the areas of Reward is the area of Spiritual and Ministerial Promotion. For some of us, there is another Level in the Spirit that God is getting ready to take us. We will no longer be restricted to the "natural realm". There's a place in Christ and in the Spirit of the Lord where time and space, and the laws of gravity are totally suspended. I'm not saying I understand it, but I do believe it. It's the Realm of the Supernatural, the Realm of the True Kingdom of God. And for some of us, God is getting ready to catapult us into this realm and establish us operationally in a whole nuther dimension of Reality. The other area of Promotion is Ministerial. God has been training some of us for various offices within the Kingdom and within the Body of Christ for some time. We know we've been operating in a particular "anointing" (apostolic, prophetic, pastoral, kingly, etc.) but we haven't been established in the office. Saints, get ready to be established in the office for which God has called and ordained you to serve. And let me encourage you today, you're ready. I know you may not feel like it. I know you may even be "scared". But as a prophet of God recently shared with me, It's Time. For what The Father is ready to do, we all need to be properly positioned in the areas of service and calling for which we've been divinely ordained.

Lastly, we need to be ready for the Rewards of Miracles and Blessings. There are Miracles (notice I said plural) that God is getting ready to release unto His people that is literally going to blow people's minds. There will be no human explanation for the Miracles for which we're about to receive from The Father. Miracles of Healing, Miracles of Restoration, Miracles of Finances, Miracles of Relationships; it's going to be Awesome. These Miracles have been ordained by The Father to glorify His Name. Then there will be Blessings, individualized and collective, that The Father is going to shower down on families, churches, communities, regions and even nations. The King is Coming, and He's Coming to establish His Kingdom! Are you excited? Are you ready? Are you Positioned? Are you Prepared? Get your Praising Shoes on saints and be Ready for the Reward.

A Recipe for Righteousness

As we prepare to enter into the Kingdom Movement that God is getting ready to release in the earth, we must understand that the Kingdom of God is a Kingdom of Righteousness. The Standard for the Kingdom of God is Righteousness. When Jesus returns to establish His Millennial Kingdom, He will rule with a scepter of Righteousness (Hebrews 1). This is why the scripture says in the 6th chapter of 1 Corinthians that those who indulge in acts of self-indulgence and the flesh will not inherit the Kingdom of God. So this is not something that God is playing with. If we want to truly be ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, it is imperative that we submit and subscribe to A Recipe for Righteousness.

Righteousness isn't something you just do, it's something you become (Romans 8). Righteousness isn't just about your behavior, it's about your being. That's why it's more of a recipe than simply a code of conduct. A beautiful witness of a Recipe for Righteousness is Job. When God brags on him in the first chapter of the book of Job, the Lord gives 4 distinct qualities that comprise a Recipe for Righteousness. God described Job as blameless, upright, one that feared God and one that shunned evil (New King James Version). Let's review this recipe very quickly.

Being blameless is not the same as being sinless. Only Jesus the Christ was sinless (2Corinthians 5). Being blameless means that there's no overt trespass or transgression that one is committing against the Lord. Remember, everyone sins, everyone comes short of the glory of God (Romans 3). But there is a point you reach in your maturity in Christ where the Holy Spirit has cleansed and sanctified you to where you are walking in the Divine Will of God for your life, blamelessly. It doesn't mean you don't make mistakes. But any area in your life for which you know represents non-submission to God's Divine Will and His Divine Word, has been repented of and appropriately addressed. Part of being righteous is walking in blamelessness (the King James Version says perfect).

In addition to being blameless, another part of a Recipe for Righteousness is being upright. One of the things that has to get stressed in the Body of Christ is Integrity. When you are upright, there is a standard of conduct and character that you abide by and subscribe to on a consistent basis. It's not based on circumstances and it's not based upon personnel (people). It's consistent, regardless of who's involved or the situation at hand. Righteousness carries with it a posture that says one is committed to the right thing, even when it may be more convenient or expedient to do what's wrong. That's Integrity. That's being upright.

The scripture then says that Job was a man that feared God. Saints, the church is in desperate need of a renewal of the fear of God. There are some things people wouldn't say and there are some things people wouldn't do if they had a stronger fear of the Lord. When you fear the Lord you know that you are accountable to God for your actions and attitudes. It doesn't matter what "people see", you're aware that God sees all. And because of the consciousness that you ultimately have to answer to Him, you avoid certain areas behaviorally and attitudinally because of your fear of the Lord.

Lastly, a Recipe for Righteousness includes shunning evil. Sometimes when you're standing for right, you have to proactively reject the wrong. Satan is always lurking (John 10). And since he is, when you're walking in righteousness, you have to develop a mind-set that is equipped and prepared to shun, reject and resist the temptations and snares that the Devil has prepared for the children of God. It's a mentality and a grace that the Holy Spirit will cultivate within you; but there has to be a commitment to say no to that which is against the Divine Will of God. If we're prayerful and ask God for Grace, He will truly produce in us the results for A Recipe for Righteousness.

The Practice of Perseverance

A prophet of God shared a word with me that they received from the Lord  a few months ago; and the word was that the people of God need to exercise Perseverance. The Lord went on to lay out for this prophet how the couples involved in the pursuit of same-sex marriage legislation, when they were initially denied, persevered, and did not give up their pursuit of this endeavor. But God's people tend to give up when there's the least bit of resistance (I paraphrase on this piece). Basically saints, the prophetic word that was received was that as the people of God, we need to learn the Practice of Perseverance.


In order to embrace the Practice of Perseverance, as children of God, we can't be Passive. There are too many believers that are "laid-back" in regards to their faith. Laid back in terms of their commitment to Christ. Laid back in regards to being faithful to the church. Laid back in regards to being industrious and diligent about their ministry and calling. Laid back about the issues that affect our society and the witness of The Kingdom of God. It's not that we don't care, we just don't care enough. This is not the will of God. The word of God challenges us to be "vigilant and sober" (1Peter 5). As believers in Christ we have to become more assertive about the things that God is calling us to do and the things that are necessary to be properly equipped and prepared to fulfill His mission and calling for our lives.


Then if we're going to embrace the Practice of Perseverance, we have to learn how to be Patient. Yes, there are many believers that have a lot of zeal for the Lord and the things that He is calling them to do. But they're in a rush. And when things don't happen "soon enough" for them or in the "time-line" for which they had perceived, then they get discouraged and lose heart and aren't as engaged in the Promises of God. Once again, this is not the will of God. God is not on our time, we are on His. And if you're going to work for God and work with God you must learn how to operate in a spirit of patience. Hebrews chapter 6 says, "be not slothful..but..through faith and patience inherit the promises". It's not just enough to have faith, you must also learn to exercise patience.


A wonderful witness of the Practice of Perseverance is the Syro-phoenician woman (Mark 7). She came to Jesus asking Him to heal her daughter, and He practically ignored her. She could've given up then, but she didn't, she Persevered. When Jesus finally did respond to her request, it was not a favorable response. She could've walked away dejected and disappointed, but she did not, she Persevered. Then she responded to Jesus in faith. In spite of her identified non-Jewish status, she didn't let her circumstances nor social status keep her from receiving from God what she felt she needed. And eventually, in response to her faith, Jesus healed her daughter. This woman Persevered, and as a result, received the blessing she was seeking to receive. Don't give up saints. Keep your petitions and requests before the Lord. In due season He will honor your Practice of Perseverance.

The Selflessness of Salvation

There is a mystery that The Lord is beginning to reveal to me, that I believe is key to experiencing the ministry for which God has called one to fulfill, and allowing God to receive, what I would like to describe as, The Maximum Glory in your life. In case you didn't know, not everyone who answers a Divine Call and faithfully serves God in ministry, is properly postured and positioned for God to receive The Maximum Glory in their lives and in their calling. I believe this phenomenon is more the norm than not because the church as a whole, including Ministers of the Gospel, have not embraced The Selflessness of Salvation.

One of the biggest problems of the church that hinders our witness to the world is our preoccupation with sin. As I've stated on numerous occasions, the problem in the church is not sin. It's a problem for the world, but not for the church. Why? Because if you're a member of the church, a born-again believer in Christ, then your sins have been forgiven by the shed Blood of Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1). When you get saved, your sins are no longer an issue for God. I know that sounds heretical, but it's the truth. I didn't say God doesn't have a problem with you "sinning". That's another issue. But in terms of the sins you commit, all of that was resolved at Calvary, where Jesus died on the Cross for the sins of the world. So once again, your sins are not the problem. But your self is. That's why Jesus said that if any man would come after Him, the first thing they must do is deny themselves (Matthew 16).

Saints, our problem is not with our sins, the problem is with our Self and the lack of denial thereof. The only reason you sin the way you do is because of your infatuation and addiction to your Self. The reason we know that this is the case is because when we do sin (if you're a born-again believer in Christ) you're convicted by the Holy Ghost of the sin you committed, no matter how good you felt when you were doing it (John 16). But we "just can't stop", can we? And we think the problem is that particular sin. Wrong saints. It's your Self-Absorption.

But here's the mystery we miss as the children of God. We were never supposed to operate in Self in the first place. Now mind you, if you've been in the church for any length of time, then you already know that we weren't supposed to operate in sin. That's why Jesus came to "save us from our sins". And to all of this, we say Amen. But did you know that Jesus came also to save us from our Self? Not just sin, but Self. Let me say it again, we were not created to operate in Self, we were created to operate in God. And when one chooses to operate in Self versus operating in God, the result is sin. Remember, when Adam disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, there was no sin nor sinful nature in the human race. What allowed Adam to disobey God was his preoccupation with Self. Saints, we need to pray that God will deliver us from Self, not just sin (because He's already done that) and that He will give us Grace and Revelation to embrace The Selflessness of Salvation.

The Seed of Envy

As we prepare to embrace this Kingdom Move of God, we want to recognize that it will be marked by a Supernatural display of the Miraculous. For those who have been baptized in the Power that God is going to release for the Manifestation of His Kingdom in the earth realm, miracles, signs and wonders will practically be the norm. This will be a novelty for the majority of the mainstream American church, because most mainstream churches, including your mega-churches, don't have a foundation of faith to receive the Manifestation of the Miraculous as the norm for the believer in Christ. But this is about to change. And when it does, what we have to watch out for is The Seed of Envy.

There's something about the human spirit that longs to be reinforced externally for its significance and worth in certain areas of achievement and accomplishment. Not that this is a bad thing, but a lot of times the problem lies in the fact that we want this reinforcement in comparison to somebody else. This is where The Seed of Envy gets planted. God Himself will vindicate and validate you as it relates to His Divine Hand upon you. And The Lord is Faithful to reward those who diligently seek Him (Hebrews 1). But when we look for validation from human means, then we get caught in a trap that begins to make us measure ourselves and our worth, not strictly based upon God's Will and Standard for our lives, but in comparison with those who are around us or with those who we share a similar calling or gift. This is a Satanic Trap, that is systematically designed to undermine our witness and erode the Kingdom Work for which The Father has assigned us to fulfill. We cannot allow the Devil to deceive us this way. We cannot embrace The Seed of Envy.

John the Baptist was challenged with this in the 3rd chapter of the Gospel of Saint John. The Pharisees came to him and asked him about his baptism versus the Baptism that Jesus was now conducting with His disciples. This was a trap, a Satanic trap. And don't miss that it was "church folks" that instigated this discussion. Stay away from comparing yourself with others! I cannot stress that enough. Once you start to engage in the comparison game, you're giving the spirit of envy an entry way into your heart. The Satanic design was to get John the Baptist to start comparing himself with Jesus, become jealous because people were now going to "His Baptism" instead of John's; and thus create a riff between The Master and John the Baptist.

But look how John the Baptist masterfully avoided this trap and in turn gave God the Glory. He said to the Pharisees in essence, it's not about me. He told them (and I paraphrase), "I told you all before, I am not the Christ". He clarified publicly what had already been established internally, it's not about me. I am not the Christ, Jesus Is. Therefore, everybody should be going to Him. Saints, don't waste your time mulling over people wanting to hear somebody else preach or somebody else teach as opposed to you. You know why? Because it's not about you! And don't let people pull you into that competition thing. Then John the Baptist gave the secret to avoiding the Trap of Envy and avoiding its seed, "He must increase, but I must decrease". Saints, the key to avoiding The Seed of Envy is continuing to decrease. The more you decrease, the less you care about getting the credit. The more you decrease, the less you care about people "appreciating you". The more you decrease, the less you care about recognition for your accomplishments and contributions. The more you decrease you won't care about any of these things. Because The Christ will have increased in you, and it will be all about Jesus and all about The Father. And once you're insistent on them increasing and you decreasing, your heart will no longer be susceptible to The Seed of Envy.

Positioned and Prepared

Saints, we are there. The Time has come. God is ready to Move in a Supernatural Way and it is nearer than we can imagine. I received a prophetic declaration at the beginning of September; and according to the word of the prophet, God is going to Move by the end of October. How He's going to Move? I don't exactly know. When precisely He's going to Move? I can't answer that either. But according to the prophetic word that was declared, it's going to be by the end of this month, October 2015. Why is this significant? Because saints, it gives us a legitimate timeline in which to be prepared for God to Move Supernaturally and Miraculously in our lives. God is Good like that. He'll give us the heads up because He doesn't want any of us to miss it. But in order to receive what God has supernaturally prepared for you during this Season, the prerequisite is that you be Positioned and Prepared.

The misconception in the mainstream church is that in order to receive from God, all you have to do is be available. This is incorrect. Just going to church is not enough. Just working in ministry is not enough. Just reading your Bible is not enough. The reason I can't say that definitively is because I was doing all of those things, and The Lord gave me a word that if I didn't make some adjustments, I was going to miss His Divine Plan for my life during this Season. So what was the problem? I wasn't properly positioned.

Another misconception of a lot of believers is that in order to receive from God, all you have to is be faithful. Yes, God does reward faithfulness, but in order to receive from God at the Level for which He has prescribed during this Season, believe it or not faithfulness is not enough. Hopefully you will have ears to hear this, but you can be faithful without being obedient. There are plenty of pastors who are faithful to the pastoral assignment that God has called them to ministerially. But there are other areas as it relates to their personal relationship with God, not their ministry, for which they are disobedient. The call saints right now is righteousness and holiness. Whether it's being sufficiently preached or promoted in our American congregations is not the issue. God doesn't change His Word. So the Standard never shifts. Particularly when God is getting ready to Move the way He's about to right now.

The key is Positioning and Preparation. Are you "where"God has called you to be? That means geographically, relationally, emotionally, psychologically as well as ministerially. There are some things that God has told us to do and some places He's told us to go, and we have refused to do it. And see, the catch is that because you're still "working in the church" and Praising the Lord, the people on the outside can't tell the difference. But God sees all! He knows you've been disobedient. Which means you're not properly positioned for the Move.

Then you have to be Prepared. When you look at the story of the 10 Bridesmaids (Matthew 25), all 10 of them were in position to greet the Bridegroom. However, the difference was that the five foolish bridesmaids were not prepared. Did you know you can be positioned but not prepared? The five bridesmaids that were not prepared did not take the time to garner the sufficient resources to meet the Bridegroom. As a result, when the Bridegroom came, their lack of preparation was exposed, and in an effort to prepare at the last minute they got out of position and missed their Time of Visitation. Don't wait till it's too late saints. Make the necessary preparations now, so that when The King comes, you'll be Positioned and Prepared.

Fear No Evil

As we prepare to press into one of the Greatest Moves of God ever witnessed in the earth, we must remain mindful that one of the greatest obstacles to the advancement of the Kingdom of God is Fear. The scriptures clearly state that God has not given us a spirit of fear (2Timothy 1). However, there are too many believers that are zealous for the Kingdom of God and His Glory being manifested, but inertia sets in when the spirit of fear takes a hold of us and makes us retreat or stand still instead of advance and take territory for the Kingdom of God. This inertia and inactivity is not the Will of God. We must get to the point where we're operating in a spirit to where we Fear No Evil.

Let's set the record straight right now, if you're going to be a Warrior for Christ and a Soldier for the Kingdom of God, you're going to be attacked. That is a fact (2Timothy 3). So we might as well wrap our minds around that on the front end. Not expecting to experience Satanic Attack while engaging in spiritual warfare and Kingdom Advancement is like playing football and not expecting to get hit. Unless of course you're sitting on the bench. But this is for those who are ready to get in the game! That are ready to tussle with enemy forces and battle demonic spirits in the Name of Jesus Christ. Yes, it can be overwhelming. But remember, God has not given us a spirit of fear. We are those who Fear No Evil.

We must also understand the spirit that God is calling us to embrace as we prepare to get on the front lines and answer the Call that God has given us to occupy in His Name. In the Book of Joshua, The Lord told Joshua to "be strong and of a good courage" (Joshua 1). This is what we must embrace if we are to move forward and possess the Promised Land. We must be Strong. Yes it's going to be hard. Yes people are going to talk about you. Yes people are going to misunderstand you. Yes people are going to come against you. But once again, this is par for the course. So don't get discouraged, don't get disappointed, and whatever you do, don't give up. The Lord told Joshua in the same passage, "I will be with thee, I will not fail thee nor forsake thee". The Lord is with us to fight all of our battles. So be strong and stay strong! And next saints, we have to be of Good Courage. Courage that's rooted in the Confidence of God, not in the pride of self. You don't have to be "hyped", but you do have to be courageous. Yes, there may be some internal apprehension because of the overwhelming nature of the call and the task at hand. But we can't allow our personal insecurities or internal battles of inferiority or unworthiness to overwhelm what we know God is calling us to do. To do so is not operating in a spirit of Courage. Which means you're operating outside the Will of God. Be prayerful and let the Holy Spirit breathe on your heart and disposition; that He will give you the necessary Strength and Courage to fulfill the Kingdom Mandate God has placed on your life.

David said in the 23rd Psalm, "I will Fear No Evil, for Thou Art With Me". That's all we need saints. If we've learned to be secure in the Divine Presence of The Father, The Almighty, then there's no need to fear; evil or anything else. Remember, this is not about you, this is about God. Let your focus remain on the Lord and His Presence. And if you do, even in the midst of the darkness, even in the heat of the battle, even when walking through the valley of the shadow of death, you will Fear No Evil.

The Love of God vs. The Pleasure of God

Most of us understand that the God we serve is a God of love. As a matter of fact, the Bible says that God is Love (1John 4). The third chapter of the Gospel of Saint John says that God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son. Even though many of us are familiar with the love of God, and even serve Him out of our love for Him, a lot of times our motivation in doing His will is to avoid the punishment or the wrath or the judgment of God. 

Yes, the God we serve is a God of judgment and discipline. The Scripture says very clearly that whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth (Hebrews 12). However, our desire to serve God and be obedient to God should not grow strictly out of some "punitive-avoidance" mode. We ought to want to serve God and obey God in order to give God pleasure.

I don't think that for a lot of us, as believers in Christ, that we approach our relationship with God enough from the vantage point of giving God pleasure. Not just "pleasing God" in the generic sense of the term, but actually giving Him pleasure, that when we perform a particular act, when we say a particular thing, when we abstain from a particular behavior or attitude, that the Father is going to actually derive pleasure from what we do. 

This is the zone that we need to move into in the Spirit. Not just trying to please God because we "don't want to get in trouble" or because He's Big Bad God (and believe me, He Is); but because we want Him to be pleased, we want Him to have joy, we want Him to be genuinely happy with us.

The Scripture says that all things were created by God for His pleasure (Revelation 4). We must always keep in mind that Christianity is not a religion, it's a relationship; and it's a relationship likened unto a husband and a wife (John 3). Therefore, in an intimate relationship, you don't want somebody doing something for you strictly out of "fear." You don't want somebody relating to you and doing things to appease you just so you won't get "mad" or angry or upset. You want somebody doing nice things for you because they know that this is what you enjoy. This is what you like. This is what makes you happy. This is what gives you...pleasure. This is what The Father wants. 

Yes, He wants us to bask in His love, and yes He wants us to operate in reverence and holy fear (Proverbs 1). But He wants the relationship to mature to the point to where our motivation for serving Him and being obedient to Him grows out of the objective of giving Him pleasure.

When the Father ordained Jesus into the office of Sonship (Luke 3), He Sealed His Sonship with the words, "This is My Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Jesus mastered not just pleasing the Father out of ritual obedience, but giving the Father pleasure because He knew everything that He did, the Father would derive happiness from. 

Let us follow our Master's footsteps and not just celebrate the love of God but also focus and commit ourselves to the pleasure of God.

Losing your Reward

We are at a very critical time as it relates to what's happening in the spirit realm. The Father is moving, and His Divine plans are being situated and executed. The complete manifestation may not have transpired yet in the natural, but rest assured, our Heavenly Father is working behind the scenes. 
Always remember, He is God. 

With that in mind, there are some things He is setting up for His chosen and for His elect. However, it is very, very important, for such a time as this, that we remain faithful and watchful. For if not, we could be in danger of losing our reward.

The God we serve is a God of reward (Hebrews 11). He rewards the faithfulness of His children. According to a prophetic declaration that I received at the beginning of September, the Father is planning an "appointed time" where He is going to reward His children for their faithfulness unto Him during this season. But we must keep in mind, if we're not careful, we could lose our reward. 

The Second Epistle of John states, "look to yourselves, that we do not lose those things we worked for, but that we may receive a full reward" (New King James Version). Do you know that you could lose what you've worked so hard to receive in the Lord if you're not careful and watchful? Isn't that terrible? But it's real. And Satan is lurking to rob us of our Inheritance just like he did Adam and countless other saints (John 10). Therefore, we must remain vigilante, that we not Lose what God has prepared and ordained for us.

The key to maintaining and receiving the blessing and the reward that the Father has prepared for us is to diligently examine the patterns of our faith. Believe it or not, nobody just "falls" from grace or falls into sin arbitrarily. It may look like that on the surface, even when we read the Bible, but that's not how it works. When you read or hear of people "falling" as it relates to the Divine will of God being executed in their life, there was a "pattern of faith" that sponsored their downfall or delinquency. It didn't "just happen,"there were patterns that they had established in their lives that facilitated and precipitated the disobedience that was ultimately manifested. This is where we have to be careful. 

What patterns are you establishing in your walk of faith with the Lord that are either sponsoring your ability to "pass the test" or sponsoring your disobedience and failing in sin? David didn't just sleep with Bathsheba, a pattern had been established. Peter didn't just deny Jesus, a pattern had been established. Judas didn't just betray Christ, a pattern had been established. The development and nurturing of these patterns, particularly if they go unnoticed and ignored, can be what makes you lose your reward.

But it works both ways. Abraham didn't just decide to slaughter his son Isaac as a sacrifice, in obedience to the word of the Lord, a pattern had been established. Joseph didn't just not sleep with Potiphar's wife, a pattern had been established. Jesus didn't just resist Satanic temptation in the wilderness, a pattern had been established. 

Saints, let's be faithful and prayerful, for such a time as this, to allow the Holy Spirit to expose and reveal what patterns of faith are being established in our walk with Christ, that we will not lose our reward.                                                                                                               

God Bless America

The Scripture says in the 33rd Psalm that "blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord." What many people fail to realize about America is that this nation was founded by God. Even with all of its flaws in regards to treatment of Native Americans and slavery of those with African descent, this nation was still founded on biblical principles and the Christian faith.

If one studies closely the history of this nation, this assessment is indisputable. However, in over 200 years (and really 400 if you start with the 17th century), this nation has strayed far away from the Christian foundation for which God intended this nation to be built upon. Therefore, as I've stated earlier, God is going to shake America. However, in the midst of and prior to the manifestation of the Divine Shaking, we need to ask God to bless America.

We need to ask God to bless the President of the United States, Barack Obama. Even though President Obama is an extremely intelligent man, his spiritual acumen (demonstrated by the policies of his Administration) is not the greatest. President Obama is largely responsible for the establishment of the national legalization of same-sex marriage. This is an abomination before God. We need to pray that God will bless the President that the Father will grant him a spirit of conviction and a spirit of repentance. The President needs to repent for how he's used his leadership to facilitate this deception within America that same-sex marriage is ok. It is not! We need to pray that God will bless the President to repent.


We need to ask God to bless the churches of America. There are not enough churches taking a significant stand for the Will and the Word of God. God is not pleased with a lukewarm church (Revelation 3). God is looking for a people that are on fire for Him! We need to pray that God will bless His church with a spirit of boldness. That we will stand in the face of the enemy and boldly declare "thus saith the Lord." This may entail persecution. This may require suffering. But that's okay, because greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world (1John 4).

Lastly, we need to pray that God will bless the oncoming generation. God is raising up a generation that will be outspoken and stand for Him. They won't be shackled by the constraints and bureaucracy of religion. Their focus will be the Kingdom of God. They'll have capacity for the supernatural. They'll have a hunger for miracles, signs and wonders. They'll look to be fully mature saints in Christ (Ephesians 4). We need to pray that God will bless this "chosen generation" that the enemy will not stifle them and that the Lord will have His way with our young people.

Saints, it's time. It's time for us to get on our knees and bow our hearts in prayer, that the Father will have mercy on the soul of this nation. Judgment is coming swiftly. The shaking is inevitable. Let's make sure that we are interceding that God will bless America.

The Mandate for Perfection

As Christians, one of the things that we need to embrace is the call to perfection. As born-again believers in Christ, God has called all of His children to be perfect (Matthew 5). This is not something that is regularly promoted in the church, but it is emphasized in the Word.

I believe that the reason why a lot of Christians don't strive for perfection is because of the misunderstanding of what perfection is. Perfection is not being sinless. Jesus died for all of our sins, so it's not about that. Perfection is also not about "doing everything right." People think that being perfect means "doing nothing wrong." This is incorrect.

Perfection is about one's state of maturity. Being complete, whole, mature. This is what it means to be perfect in Christ Jesus. If you have a five-year-old child, you don't expect him to act like he's 5 months old. If you have a 10 year old, you don't expect him to act like he's 5. If you have a 15 year old, you don't expect him to act like he's 10. And if you have a 25 year old, you don't expect him to act like he's 15. Why? Because you expect them to act their age based upon the level of maturity that should be achieved at that stage of their development. Our Heavenly Father is the same way. He expects His children to develop into full maturity in Christ – perfection (Ephesians 4).

So, how do we embrace the mandate for perfection? First off, it's a decision. The Holy Spirit is faithful in letting us know the areas for which we need to grow. It could be spiritual, it could be psychological or it could be physical. Remember, God wants His children to be Holy (1Thessalonians 5). So, perfection is not restricted to just the spiritual dimension of our lives, it applies to every area of our lives.

When the Spirit allows these areas to be identified and exposed, we are then responsible to address these areas and ask God for the sufficient grace to rectify these areas and make the necessary adjustments so that we can be in alignment with His Divine Will for our lives. Without this type of commitment, you will not reach perfection in Christ.

The next thing we need to understand in regards to the mandate for perfection is that perfection is not a standard of behavior, it's a state of being. So many times when we think about perfection, we think about it in the context of the "do's and don'ts." Once again, this is incorrect. Jesus says in the fifth chapter of the Gospel of St. Matthew, "be ye perfect, even as you Father in Heaven is perfect". Perfection is a state of being.

So, in embracing the mandate for perfection, it's not about your conduct, it's about your character. It's not about your actions, it's about your attitude. Now you may ask, aren't the two connected? They most certainly are. But as we established earlier, we're going to make mistakes. We're going to fall down in certain areas.

God has Grace and Mercy for our weaknesses. But even your attitude in regards to your sins can be perfect. But if your attitude and spirit aren't perfect before God, you can best believe, your behavior won't be either. It's time, Saints, for us to surrender and submit to the mandate for perfection.

What Did Jesus Really Die For?

Have you ever wondered why people in the church are rather "lethargic" and even somewhat indifferent about their relationship with God? As much as I hate to admit it, this type of spiritual indifference isn't restricted to the pews, it's very prevalent in the pulpit as well. 

Clergy and laypeople alike, just seem to be laissez-faire about their relationship with God. Oh yes, we love the Lord. We're not really trying to "abandon" Jesus per se. But in terms of having our whole lives revolve around Him, in terms of our witness lining up with the Word stated in Colossians chapter 3, "for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God"; for many Christians, unfortunately, this is a bit extreme. But the question I raise today is, "Why?" Why is it that Jesus can give His all for us, to the point of suffering and death, and we have to negotiate our commitment to Him?

Amongst a host of reasons saints, I believe one of those reasons is that we really don't know what Jesus died for. I suspect that if you asked most Christians what they think Jesus died for, including preachers, most of them would say to die for our sins and so we could go to heaven when we die. Needless to say, both of these answers are correct, but they don't fully nor completely address "the full reason" why Jesus shed His Blood on Calvary. Also, can you see how these two responses, even though they "should," don't really muster up significant motivation to live for God and to live for Christ? 

Of course, if we're going to be "religious," everybody should be gung-ho because "Jesus died for my sins." He saved me from hell. The only challenge with this religious response is that it's too detached from the practicality of life. So even though we know it's the "right thing", we have a hard time implementing it. Thus you get lukewarm Christianity.

Saints, the real reason that Jesus died is so that you could be like Him. And who was Jesus? He was God. So Jesus died so that you could be like God. Now that may not turn some folks on. But only God turns water into wine. Only God can tell the winds and the waves to hush up. Only God can walk on water. Only God can take two fish and five loaves of bread and feed five thousand. That's God! And Jesus died so that we could manifest the Power of God and the Glory of God just like He did as the Son of God. 

Generally, when we think of being "Christ-like, we think of some type of spiritual morality couched in a brand called Christianity. This is not what Jesus died for. He died so that when people saw God, the true God, manifested in you, they'd want to have a relationship with Him, the Savior of the world. This is what Jesus really died for.

The Crown of Glory

As we prepare to enter into this Season of Judgment and the commencement of the Kingdom Movement, it is imperative that as the people of God we have a firm grasp of our spiritual identity. Yes, we are Christians. Yes we are children of God. But in terms of our spiritual identity in Christ, we need to understand that we are kings and priests (Revelation 5). That means that you are a king. Let me say it again, you are king. Why? Because the Bible tells you so. In this next Move that God is getting ready to Release in the earth, in order for us to be effective in regards to our call to advance the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven, we must learn to operate in the office of kingship. It is as kings in Christ that we will have the power and authority to usher in the Kingdom of God.

In regards to kingship and the office thereof, the key to this office is power and authority. If you study the life and ministry of David, you'll notice that even when he had the anointing of kingship, he could not exercise the authority of kingship until he was established in the office (1Samuel 16). Such is the case with many of us saints. As born-again believers in Christ, we have the anointing of kingship according to the Word of God (Revelation 1). But the challenge for many believers is accessing the authority of kingship which will in turn allow us to turn the world upside down (Acts 17). It's time for the church to move into the authority of kingship in Jesus Christ.

If we go back to the beginning, we notice that God created Adam as a king. Even though the scripture doesn't explicitly state this, we know it's the truth because God gave Adam dominion over the earth (Genesis 1). Only kings have dominion. The scripture says that Jesus was born a King (John 18). What we must understand is that God created humanity with the innate desire to rule. Why? Because by Divine Design we are kings. The problem is that Satan has perverted this Design and made us to lust for power over one another (James 4). This was never the will of God. But it is His will for us to operate in dominion, in and through His Son, Jesus the Christ.

The secret is in the Source of the Authority. We don't really understand what Adam lost in his rebellion and apostasy towards God. And what Jesus had to do in dying for our sins to restore it. The key to Adam's dominion, and ours, is the Glory of God. Hebrews chapter 2 says that God "crowned man with Glory". A crown is the symbol of a king or ruler's authority. As long as Adam wore the crown of Glory that the Father had bestowed upon him, his earthly dominion was intact. But once he disobeyed God, he lost that Glory and consequently, lost his kingship. This is why the scripture says in Romans chapter 3 that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God". But when Jesus died and rose again, Hallelujah, he restored that Glory back to lost humanity. He operated in that Glory as the Son of Man (John 2). But the will of the Father was never just for one Man to operate in His Glory, it was for all men, all of humanity. Are you ready to receive what Jesus had to die for in order to be restored? Embrace your call to kingship and let the Father anoint you with The Crown of Glory.