Bring it On - Stephanie Ike

hey family welcome to the official youtube page of one i'm excited that you're here this message is getting ready to bless your life i want you to stay connected to the incredible things that are happening in this movement so don't forget to subscribe and turn on your notifications and if you want to partner with us and some of the great things that we're doing all over the world you can give as well now it's time to get into this word i love you god bless you let's stay connected hallelujah family i'm so excited for today and i'm just grateful to be with you on this activate right now just let me know where you're tuning in from you could put one and your city one or your country just put it in the comments right now you see i truly believe that god has purpose for today to be just what you needed you know this morning as i was waking up i woke up to hearing this song being sang it was just like a group of people singing this song and it's a song that many of us we know but the particular part i heard while i was laying down when it goes god is fighting for us that he's pushing back the darkness lighting up the kingdom that cannot be shaking and then it says in the name of jesus the enemy is defeated and we will shout it out shout it out i'm talking about this the song you sing right but i shouldn't do that to you today but what was so powerful this song this particular these few lines they kept singing it over and over and over again it was so beautiful and as i got up the lord began speaking to me about what is happening in the lives of so many of his children but first of all i just want you to take a moment and i want you to write down whether you put it in the comments or you write it in your journal or you write it in your notes that the enemy is defeated i want you to embrace that reality because it's what it is it's the truth at the end of the day the enemy is defeated and the lord began speaking to me that many people are going through um what they would label as spiritual warfare right there's a lot going on that you can't put your finger on it there are random things taking place people are getting sick children acting up you're fighting it feels like you're in a fight right it feels like you're in a fight for your life it feels like you're in a fight for your marriage for your kids it feels like you're in a fight for your business it feels like you're in a fight for your peace for your sanity and the lord kept showing me this image of battle but then that song was such a reminder that god is fighting for us he is pushing back the darkness that yes there is darkness but the lord is pushing it back and what he began to teach me and speak to me literally today i was thinking that this was going to go a different way but when he started counseling me about what i need to talk about on this very day one of the things that was so beautiful you see in the bible when jesus was telling the disciples when he was teaching them how to pray one of the things that he said is that your will be done that they should pray like this that the father's will be done in earth as it is in heaven and the lord began to teach me that for certain things to take place in earth it has to first take place in you you see the battle is already won that's a fact the enemy has been defeated but even his defeat there was a battle that took place the bible tells us in the book of revelation that michael angel michael and his angels those that rallied behind him they were in a war against satan and his angels those that went with him but obviously we know the story that the angel on the lord's side won that battle and satan was cast out but sometimes i begin to wonder that maybe you know the fall from heaven to earth was really long that satan forgot he's defeated so sometimes he wants to try you right but you see a battle warfare is an opportunity to remind the devil that you are defeated maybe you forgot i'm gonna give that to you that was a long journey down here and maybe during that journey you you know you had short-term memory or something i don't know some kind of memory loss right but i'm gonna remind you that you are defeated and that is my assignment today you see there is a way that you can posture yourself that you become you become what demands for what god has already established in heaven that what is will begin to manifest in your life will begin to manifest in your surrounding because you know one of the things that our pastor you may have heard him say this but it's something that he has taught me and i and i hold on to that so much because it's true and he says this that satan is not the one bringing the warfare you are the one bringing the warfare you see when we think about you know for those that might be familiar with this scripture there's a story right when the lord sends a man named moses to deliver the israelites out of egypt and when he delivers them out of egypt the lord tells them that hey i'm taking you to a land filled with milk and honey basically it's just it's a land of you know endless opportunities to take talk and i'm joking but this is a land that was going to be resourceful this is a land that they would inhabit that they would raise their children and this was a land that they would have no lack this is what the lord promised them that this land is already yours he says to them like look i have given you this land but you see when the lord said that he had given it to them it did not mean that they were not enemies who were currently inhabiting that land that there were people who were illegally possessing what did not belong to them but when the lord says look i've given it to you so i want you to have the right mindset about what's about to take place you're going to go back and reclaim your territory you're going to go back and reclaim what is yours so when the israelites began to make war against the people who were occupying what belonged to them who do you think started the warfare the israelites did so what sometimes we call like when we see ourselves as a victim of warfare what is actually happening is just the counter attack of the enemy he says oh you have woken up right you are no longer in the sunken place and now you are realizing who you are in christ do you know that your yes to jesus is more impactful that you would ever imagine that sometimes just your testimony alone will bring someone out of darkness the things that god has called you to do the things he has called you to steward that this is going to reclaim territory from the enemy and the only reason all hell seems to be breaking loose is not because you are the victim of warfare but it's because you are a threat to the enemy's kingdom because you are a threat and he's recognizing look i'm not willing to give you what belongs to you easily and so in order to weaken your position let me intimidate you let me let it seem like i'm throwing things your way that will prosper even when the bible tells us that no weapon formed against you shall prosper but let me see if i can get you to a position that you will lose your creativity you will lose your inspiration that you will lose your what what wakes you up that what keeps you up sometimes at night not out of panic but out of joy that god i cannot wait for the next day because i get to do this let me see if i can get you to the place where you will be discouraged and disappointed and defeated because you see when you allow yourself if you allow yourself rather if you ever allow yourself to get to the place where you just feel like you embrace the identity of being discouraged do you embrace the identity of being defeated you are no longer tapped into the flow of the holy spirit because when you're in that space when you allow this cloud of depression to take over you you don't find yourself being as creative as you once were but creativity that comes from it comes from the lord so if the enemy can try to put you in a position where he's like let me just shut you up from listening to god let me shut up your testimony rather than you being someone who talks about the goodness of god you now begin to complain and questioning i don't know if god is really good and you forget that there are people listening to what you're saying that their lives that are taking a different route because your life is no longer going in the direction that god has ordained it to be you see life is more than just things going your way your yes to god is bigger than all the things that we call blessings a blessing the true blessing and the true essence of being blessed is living out what god has said about you and sometimes that journey is not always going to be pretty but you see when the enemy looks at you and the enemy recognizes that you are stepping into a place that will make you a threat to his kingdom it seems like you're the victim of warfare but you're not you're actually the one starting it you see i came to make sense of some of the things that might be going on in your life right now and you have said this you've said it to some of your friends some of your family members and you're like this is not normal what i'm experiencing doesn't feel normal you're not saying it to the to the crowd you're not saying it to the public but those in your intimate circles know exactly what this is about you're in this space where you just feel like man i feel like it's one thing after the other it's not one thing after the other you're going after what god has called to your life you're going back to reclaimed territory and i want to read this scripture there's a there's a scripture that that fascinates me so much right it's in ephesians 6 12 and it says this for we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in high places i mean first of all that's a lot okay but the question is who must you be if this is what you're wrestling up if you're wrestling against principalities spiritual wickedness in high places rulers of darkness then who must you be you see some of you you're fighting the wrong battle you're thinking that your problem is a person you're thinking that your issue is some is flesh and blood it comes through flesh and blood many times but that's not your problem the problem is the spirit behind the manipulation of someone's brokenness and insecurities to get you out of position then you're looking at a person but behind that person is a spirit whether they are known to them many times even unknown to them because where there is brokenness whether it's insecurity whether it's unforgiveness whether it's envy whether it's jealousy the enemy knows how to use that and work his will and so you think your biggest problems are individuals but it's not you're wrestling up against something much greater than that and not even really greater but just just in this context you're looking and you're thinking oh that's the person i just i'm so tired of you and god is like you're you're going up against a different battle this is supposed to weaken your position but do not allow it even what comes from people it is to weaken your position it is to get you to the place where you begin to take on the identity of a victim you are more than a conqueror that is what the word says about you you are not a victim and then you begin to read these principalities powers rulers of darkness who must you be because you are the one that is called to rule you are the one that is called to possess you're the one that is called to take territory whatever that might look like the lord is what's showing me there's there's someone you're you're a school teacher and you just feel like what is going on i'm just a school teacher you're more than that you're an influence to those kids that are under your stewardship every time you pray for them every time that you're seeking the face of god concerning their lives there are angels being positioned at their homes because of your prayers you're thinking that what what is it about me lord i'm just this you know just everyday school teacher but god knows who you truly are in the kingdom in the kingdom you're a threat and so when you're seeing what is coming up against you i want you to actually expect it now to expect it does not mean to surrender to it but to expect it from the place of no i started the warfare it just didn't come up randomly against me i started it so i expect for the enemy to counter attack because he's not just trying to give this up easily no but when i expect it i recognize this is the day that i remind you that you are defeated you see sometimes you just have to look in the mirror and just say your name you see i'll just say no i am stephanie first of my name breaker of chains right if you watch game of thrones you know what i'm talking about if you don't go watch game of thrones okay but sometimes you have to remember who you are you have to go in the mirror and just say you know what my name is stephanie i'm a child of the most high god i have authority i have power under who god has called me to be that when i call on my daddy he answers who is the enemy that thinks he can win a battle that has already been lost you begin to speak about yourself the way god sees you and recognize that what may seem like hell is breaking loose what may seem like warfare that at the end of the day god will have the final say it may seem like darkness is close to you but the lord is the one who is going to step in and push it back and he will overcome and rest and you would restore to the kingdom of heaven what has been taken by the enemy you see even when it's when your impact and your influence might seem to only affect one individual you don't know who that one individual is going to be in the world you don't know if their lives is connected to influencing and impacting millions and billions of people on the earth you have to recognize that sometimes warfare is a sign and it's for you to remind yourself who must i be if the people coming up against me are principalities and rulers of darkness and wickedness and all this stuff why is it the rulers of it because i'm coming to take territory because i'm a ruler in the kingdom of god you see i want to speak to you about three things that will help you to posture yourself in a manner that your life begins to demand manifestation that your life begins to demand a move of god like no other when the lord steps in and he shows himself to be strong and mighty in battle on your behalf you see even when the israelites were fighting different battles there was a way they had to go about it and when they did not move in accordance with what the lord has spoken there were some things that they lost because you're not fighting this in your strength you're fighting it in the lord's name and so first of all my assignment here was to remind you that the warfare happening in your life first of all you are not the victim you are the you are the one initiating it because you're going after things connected to your name did you know that when you said yes to jesus that you became a weapon in the hands of god to win back territory to him you became a weapon your testimony is a weapon your essence is a weapon your presence is a weapon the things you would do in his name is a weapon that everything about you god said i can breathe on it and i can use it to shake this world i can use the very things that you feel i make that the things that you you you you feel insecure about god said no i could use that too because when you said yes to me you said yes for my power to be to be revealed through you you know it's so crazy right one of the things i used to be so insecure about was my voice the sound of my voice i felt like i sounded like a kid i was like you know what my voice is telling on me because i really am a kid and i remember like i was like god like my voice sounds so childish how do you want me to talk about things that have authority with this little baby voice and it shocked me when i would literally and it felt i was like god you know what you are hilarious you like to show off because people didn't need to tell me but then i started getting countless messages and what people would highlight was the tone of my voice that there's something about it that just that allows them to just receive what the lord is saying and i said this is this is comedy central right here because if you only knew that this was one of my biggest insecurities and this is the thing that you're saying god is using in your life first of all i don't see that as coincidence i see that as god confirming and affirming that stephanie even the very thing you think will disqualify you because you said yes to me i would use that and more what else do you want to bring what else you want to complain about what else do you want to say to me no i will use it god will not change it because that would that would take away his essence as god that is why even moses when moses is telling the creator i cannot speak god did not tell him okay you know what to make you more comfortable moses let me fix the problem right now he didn't do that he said no moses even the thing you think will disqualify you from what i've sent you i would use it as a weapon you have to recognize that your yes to god made your deepest fears and insecurities weapons in his hand he said oh watch what i'm about to do with you and so when the enemy sees you he's not just seeing this you know random person things are not just happening to you randomly he said oh you are coming after territory but you are equipped and you are empowered because the holy spirit is with you but there was something about this message that seemed very urgent in my spirit this morning and it's really about how we position and posture ourselves like i said yes you expect warfare but you don't surrender to it and the lord began to show me that many have positioned themselves in a place of surrender to the attack of the enemy you're just like okay what will be will be no no no no no no it's not what will be will be you have to look at what is happening and say does this line up does this match up with what the word of god says about my life and my family and if it doesn't there are certain things you must do to position yourself because like i said earlier there are certain things for it to manifest in the earth it has to first manifest in you and so there are three key things i just want us to touch on and the very first thing is to watch and pray watch and pray now this is there are two scriptures i'll read to you the first one is in first kings chapter 18 verse one right it says this and it came to pass after many days that the word of the lord came to elijah in the third year saying go present yourself to ahab ahab was the king at this time and i will send rain on the earth now what is happening a little bit of backstory there was elijah had prayed elijah as a prophet of the lord and there was a time when he prayed and he said look there will be no rain for three and a half years right there will be no rain and the clouds were shut up there was no rain there was a drought in the land and then the bible tells us something that now during the course of that time a word of the lord came to elijah and it says to him that he should go present himself to ahab and then i this is the lord speaking and i will send rain on the earth now you catch the picture right the lord is the one saying go present yourself the rain is coming but then you jump into james 5 chapter 7 verse 17 to 18 and it says this now this is a man who has insight and revelation about what took place in how the rain came he said elijah was a man with a nature like ours and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months and he prayed again and the heaven gave rain and the earth produced this fruit now this is really fascinating because when you go back to first kings you will see that there's a story when you read you know when you just read um chapter 18 chapter 19 there's a story here when elijah he goes up the mountain and he has a servant with him and he tells the servant to go look at the clouds the servant comes back he's like you know elijah there's no there's no rain there's nothing and he's postured in a way that he's praying and he tells the servant go back the servant comes back he's like there's nothing this happens seven times the seventh time the servant goes back he sees like you know he's like there's a cloud the size of a person's hand and then boom elijah knew that what god has said is happening but this is the question i have for you god said there will be rain if god said there would be rain why does elijah need to pray and why is it highlighted that elijah is praying when god said right so when we have this posture of what will be will be you know if god said it you know that's it but but here we see a beautiful picture god said something but then elijah postures himself in prayer he postures himself in agreement he says lord there is something you have already purposed to do in the earth but it also needs to be done in me i need to come in full agreement of faith that indeed this is what you're about to do he postured himself in prayer so he watched for the word there was a word that was given to him by the lord and he began to pray until what he was praying about would be in alignment with what he saw in his natural eyes you see a word coming to you is like watching what is happening spiritually what has already been established by god in the spirit realm what is established in heaven but also why would jesus also tell the disciples to pray like that that lord let your will be done thy kingdom come come on earth in earth rather as it is in heaven if it is just what will be will be then if it is in heaven we should just be chilling right on the beach somewhere having pina colada and just saying you know what lord whenever you're ready whatever you have decided to do in heaven you know that that's what will happen in earth no you have to position yourself and say lord whatever is happening in my life right now does not mirror what you have said i am watching there is a word you have spoken even the lord watches over his own word there is a word that you have spoken and i am going to bring myself into full alignment you see when we are in prayer prayer comes prayer is when first of all you are acknowledging that lord you said something and i believe you prayer is when you're saying god give me a strategy give me wisdom give me understanding prayer when when you're praying and declaring that god what you have spoken to me what you have revealed to me let it happen that is that it reveals your faith and your expectation you see sometimes we make excuses like no i just know what happened but could it be that you have lost expectation could it be that your faith is no longer engaged there is a difference between surrendering something to god and losing hope many times we call surrender lack of faith losing hope in something is not the same as surrender you see abraham surrendered when god said give me your son your only son sacrifice him to me there's the difference between that is that the bible also tells us that abraham believed because god told him you will have a son and there was a promise connected to this child but abraham believed that even if god took isaac that he was going to resurrect him once again abraham did not lose hope and say you know sure god you want him here i i guess you know i guess you lied you know i guess i didn't hear properly i guess i was wrong no abraham said no you want isaac that's fine you might take his life but you're going to resurrect him back right about now okay that's the difference and you have to be honest with yourself enough to know the very thing that you're saying that god i just surrendered that to you did you surrender or did you lose faith because if you lost faith that's a whole different ballgame that is when you're just in the place of like god you know what if it never happens i'm cool no no no no no no no is that connected to what god said to you was that the word that god spoke to you concerning that very thing you see surrender says god i am letting go of this i'm letting go of it based on my own timeline you gave me a word and then i added layers to the word and i said you have to do it in my 30s and if you don't do it in my 30s then this is not real god didn't tell you a timeline he just gave you a word surrender says lord i'm believing that this will happen even if it happens when i'm 70. it will happen giving up says you know what it didn't happen in my 30s so you know it's cool god i i will learn how to just you know walk away from this you have to be honest with yourself and so when you find yourself in a posture of prayer and that is why you have to watch and pray you have to be watched men and women over your lives there was a prophet by the name of ezekiel in the scripture he was known as a watchman he would watch for what god will say concerning the people the the lord's people and any time a word came to him the lord would say look if you don't speak it if something happens to them because you did not warn them then it would be on your head you have to learn how to be a watchman and a woman over your own life over your family over your community over your your surrounding that god what have you said and how do i need to posture myself you see powerful testimony there's a there's a family member of mine and there's a word that the lord has spoken concerning this individual when he was you know conceived and he didn't look nothing like the word years down the line still looked nothing like the word right but we kept praying into it you see pray what prayer does is that it feeds your faith it doesn't it doesn't feed your doubts that anytime you see something that looks against what the lord has spoken you're not quick to just feed into the doubt and say god this will never be like i give up no you begin to speak life you begin to speak no this is what the word of god said that is why why do many of us thank god for grandmothers and and praying mothers and all that stuff you know i want to shout out to the fathers too because every time i see those posts i don't see praying grandfathers or praying fathers or uncles it's always the women you know women love the lord we know that i want to shout out to all the praying people right but why do we acknowledge praying grandparents because they never stopped speaking life even when it looked like it was going a different direction they never stopped speaking life over their grandkids over their children they never stopped even when you were you look like you were losing your head they would go in their prayer closet and say lord i thank you that you have given me a warrior you have given me one who would love you they spoke life that's the beauty here and so with this family member not too long ago a couple weeks ago the lord literally woke me up from my sleep and he began to show me he said they had you have stopped interceding for this person and you need to gather family to continue to pray for them interceding is the intentional act of praying for something until you see the move of god take place concerning that and when the this was like three in the morning the lord woke me up and i called my mom immediately right i called my mom i was like mom we this this situation we can't we can't drop it we can't let this thing go we have to keep praying concerning it we have to keep speaking the word of god concerning it and literally family this morning there was a breakthrough in that area the very thing that looked like it would be impossible we saw a breakthrough happen this very day that's god and that is when what you are asking for god to do on the earth it happens in you where you are in full agreement that lord i believe i believe in what you're doing i believe in who you are you see sometimes people will ask this question right there was a man who asked jesus i believe but help my unbelief and when you read that scripture jesus didn't have that much time to really you know there was a crowd coming there was all kinds of chaos and madness happening so jesus performed the miracle and he went on his way but if you're asking yourself that question i believe but god how do you help my unbelief you stayed the chorus that's how you don't give up even when it seems hard because the beauty of staying in the presence of god it begins to shape you you get spiritually in shape that the things that will come up as doubts and and fears all of a sudden they begin to they begin to start shedding away from you how do you help your unbelief you endure one step at a time you don't allow your words to speak death you allow your words to speak life that is why the bible says that these words i have given you they are spirit and they are life and then it also tells us that life and death is in the power of the tongue you use your words you use your words you use your words to speak life no matter what the situation might look like i'm not talking about being in denial no but i'm saying that when it comes to what you agree with there is a difference between communicating to someone the situation that you're in right if you if you need help don't just go don't if someone says hey can i you know do you need help with something and you're just like no you know i'm i'm fearfully and wonderfully made i had just lacked nothing ciao you need some help okay and god has brought the answer in front of you i'm not saying be in denial but i'm saying that what is your confession what is your agreement are you just are you looking at yourself as one who the lord has abandoned and forsaken or are you looking at yourself as one who is expecting that god you are with me you are for me you will show up this is what watching and praying is all about the second thing i want to talk to you about is worship you see worship is not just about a song right that is why sometimes you know you can go from listening to worship and the next thing you're doing something else you know you're trying to see if your knees can do things right some of you might catch that later all right but how do you get out of of the mindset so quick because worship is not just about a song worship is what you set your gaze on worship is about what you magnify in your life it's about what you choose to exalt in your life what you give what what you what you put as first in your life worship is really about what you honor in your life and when you begin to honor the lord when you exalt god above your circumstances that is worship that is why sometimes you may hear when when a pastor would say many of you are worshiping your problems because you have placed that above everything else it is all you talk about it is what you dwell on it is what has caused you to be in in you know going through anxiety and stress and all kinds of things because you have worshiped your problem but when you begin to worship god what that does the beauty of worship even when it seems like you're in the hardest moments of your life it puts a demand on the nature and character of god it's putting the name of god on the stand that god is not about me anymore it's about you you see one of my mentors shared with me such an amazing testimony she was barren for many years and for all those years that she was going through a barrenness she talked about how she worshipped her barrenness she exalted her barrenness she was so um she dwelled on the doctor's reports and and what people were saying and you know and all that stuff she magnified it above everything else and she said there was a day and now in her just coming before the lord that something hit her and she realized no no i'm not going to worship this anymore she began to put her faith on the word of god she said lord you gave us a promise in the word you said be fruitful not even a promise a commandment your commandment said be fruitful and multiply and she connected herself to the word of god she said this is what i would exalt in my life that even when there were reports of baron and she said no that god has given my body a commandment to be fruitful and to multiply now she has two kids you see the beauty of that is that she began to set her gaze on the word of god she began to set her affection on what god said no longer what was coming up against him she said you know what it's not even about me god you said something and i'm gonna hold you to your word you call upon god's nature and his character and that is why one a scripture i want to share with you that is so beautiful it's in acts 16 verse 25 to 26 and it says this but at midnight paul and silas were praying and singing hymns to god and the prisoners were listening to them oh that's so good suddenly there was a great earthquake so that the foundations of the prison were shaking and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were loosed what happened in this moment paul and silas began praying and worshiping they began calling upon who is the real breaker of chains right they began calling upon the lord and they were singing and the bible says the prisoners heard them they were listening to them in that moment you see paul it was not about paul or silas they had placed the name of god on the stand they said you know what god it is your character and it's your nature that we are exalting above anything else and you will show up to show that you are faithful to who you are because god could have done it any other way in the bible you see so many ways that that you know prisoners are set free sometimes everybody's sleeping right just coma falls upon everybody and the angel walks in opens the door taps on somebody says hey you know some free to go all right but god did it in a way because there were people that listened to him being exalted he said look my name is on the line and i'm not just going to go out like that my name is on the line i'm going to set everybody free right you know go it was like that moment you know when it's just like used to get set free and you get set free is everybody get set free it's a beautiful thing and so what i want to ask you in your circles in your circles of friends and families what do they know that you exalt do they hear your complaints every minute or do they hear you exalting the name of god that the lord is with me the lord will not forsake me he's not going to abandon me he's not going to leave me here god is going to come through what do people listen to when they hear you speak about what is taking place in your life and again i said there is a difference between communicating a situation and there's a difference between exalting it above everything else i can communicate to you that look in my life right now this is something i'm dealing with but i know that god will not fail me i know that god is not going to leave me here i know that the god i serve is going to come through he is jehovah that when i begin to sing songs like you know talking about him as jira that he is enough that i'm not just singing a song i'm saying no the lord will provide for everything that i need and i know he's going to make a way for me however he does it he will come through that is what worship is about it's not just about the song it's about the heart behind what you're singing that god i exalt you above everything else and the third thing and the last thing i want you to understand when it comes to how you posture yourself and for many of you this might connect to you it's fasting maybe you're in a season where you feel there is a grace in your life to fast that you're not you you you don't really have an appetite for food like that you don't really feel like engaging in in in shows like that there's a grace that has come upon you to fast even jesus there was a time that the disciples were trying to cast out a demon from a boy and they couldn't and this is after jesus has said to them look go into you know go everywhere i have given you power and authority over evil spirits but they went and they did not have power and authority over this particular spirit and so when jesus shows up and he you know he handles business right he does the disciples ask him in private they're like you know why couldn't we cast out this spirit and jesus said this kind comes out by nothing but prayer and fasting even jesus i'm you know we have many messages on fast and i want you to watch that but even jesus it was not he didn't only fast in the wilderness he felt he lived a lifestyle of fasting and there's so much proof of that in the bible but you see fasting there are two powerful things that fasting can represent fasting there's so much to fasting but two key things that fasting represents one fasting is when you posture your body and you posture yourself in the truth of your ability that god i am weak and in my weakness you are my strength i'm coming before you in weakness god i don't have the answers the power that i need to get through this it can only come from you if fasting humbles you to say that god i need you to step into this situation lord i need you to show up and that is why a lot of times you know fasting is connected to food because when you don't feed your body your body gets weak and you come into that place where you embrace the state that you're in and you say lord in my weakness be my strength it's what it symbolizes and it's an act of faith when you say god i need you i i don't i can't i can't push past this certain thing there's something that needs to break in my family there's something some of you are seeing not when i even talk about spiritual warfare yours is even a different dimension you're seeing people being tormented and oppressed in your family sometimes you need to fast because there is a this kind there is a this kind cannot come out only by fasting and prayer when you humble yourself when you submit yourself and say god i need you and another thing fasting does it makes you the sacrifice you see after noah you know when the flood happened and all that stuff right and noah comes out of the ark the first thing noah did is that he offered a sacrifice to the lord and the bible tells us that when the lord smelled the aroma of the sacrifice that it was pleasing to him to the point that he responded he'd even respond directly to noah he said to himself never will i destroy the earth like i have done you see there was a response to the sacrifice and sometimes when you fast you become the sacrifice you say lord i am putting myself on the altar and i pray that what you would what you will sense when you smell this act when you smell this act of faith that it would be pleasing to you and you will respond to what is happening in my life in my family you don't just watch things happen and don't do nothing you don't surrender to warfare you call on the name of god to step in because on the other side of that warfare there is victory and on the other side there is territory for you to claim and so family if this is speaking to you let this be a reminder that our walk with jesus is not a walk of whatever will be will be no even the prophet elijah after hearing a word from the lord he began to pray earnestly what is it that god has spoken about you what has he spoken in your life and a certain things delayed in your life because you are distracted by the wrong thing a certain thing is delayed in your life because you're just so lackadaisical about everything that is not the will of god there's some things that you have to be able to look at even jesus said to his disciples couldn't you watch and pray couldn't you watch with me when they were falling asleep and they're probably confused like what are we watching for in that moment it's so powerful they're watching the word in flesh he said watch couldn't you even for an hour watch with me but they were he was talking to them about what maybe they understood later down the line you have to watch the word what has god said and if i don't see it in my life i need to posture myself in a place where i continue to declare god whatever is coming up against me i'm not going to feed my doubts my words in my words is the power of life and death is going to speak life and so i want you to in just in this moment right whatever the holy spirit starts bringing to mind let us step into prayer let us bring it before the lord and say god may perhaps i need to i need to spend more time with you in prayer i need to go back into my journals and say lord what are the things you spoke to me what are some of the things that i i said i surrendered but in reality i gave up hope what are the things that i need to pick back up and say lord what what can we do together what territory are we supposed to take over lord maybe i've allowed my situation to bring me to a posture of defeat but i'm not defeated i've allowed the enemy to distract me to the point that i've lost my inspiration while i'm calling it just being under attack without recognizing that what he's after is my inspiration my creativity my focus and me positioning myself in the place that you've called me to maybe lord i've been looking and thinking that people are my problem but it's not people they just happen to be vessels but lord you've called me after something i'm a weapon in your hands what is it that we're supposed to do together and whatever seems to be affected right now in my life you will have the final say i'm gonna pray lord i'm gonna exalt you above anything and when that when when it when the need comes i'm gonna fast i'm gonna submit myself as the offering i'm gonna call upon you and say god indeed i am weak i need you to step in and be my strength there are certain things that do not break until we posture ourselves properly and maybe you're watching this and you're like i don't even know this jesus i've not accepted him into my life but whatever she's saying i want to know the jesus behind this if that is you and you want to say yes to jesus i want you to look on the screen there's gonna be um some information for you to put to you know qr code and all that stuff for us for you to give us your information but if that is you just put in the chat here i am here i am and let us pray heavenly father we thank you so much for your love and for your goodness o god we thank you for this moment that we have come before you we thank you lord jesus that you are awakening your sons and daughters to take their position in you and to take territory connected to their lives heavenly father i thank you for those who are saying yes to jesus that maybe they've been going you know from all to all kinds of things but lord there's something that is bringing a conviction in their hearts and they want to know who is this jesus who is this one who is for me who is this one that i can give my life to and that would be his weapon and i would know myself in ways that i've never known that i would go after and that would claim territories that i didn't even think existed who is the person that can use my weakness and my insecurities and my fears for his glory who is this jesus who is the one who loves me enough that he will die on the cross for me that i would know everything about myself that i would not be bound to anything that satan thrives to throw at me who is this jesus that can set me free who is this jesus that loves me who is this jesus that is going to be with me no matter where i walk who is this jesus that looks at me right where i am and he says you are worthy you are loved you are you are not forsaken you are cared for who is this jesus if that is you that jesus this jesus is with you right now and he is saying to you welcome home by your decision alone welcome home and so heavenly father we seal this in your name we thank you lord for how you have showed up have your way in jesus mighty name amen

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Published: Fri Sep 03 2021