JOURNAL 1

[FAITH]

                                JOURNAL - 1

https://youtu.be/8XocqSnaMrE  Todd White -- Breaking Curses

People get identity when they press in for the rest of their lives.  You cannot be free unless you focus on the truth that makes you free.  Lies are not crushed by rebuking them, they are crushed by taking them captive.  You cannot depend on the religion you grew up with to keep you free -- intimacy with Jesus and understanding the truth is what keeps you free. Every day you press-in.  Our lack of faith, in what He says is finished, is the problem. Our lack of not listening to the Father's voice and listening to a strangers voice is the problem.

God's normal for a Christian can be summarized as follows:  I no longer live! Now it is Christ who lives His life in me. (Galatians 2:20)

God has already dealt with us in Christ. "As many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death" (Romans 6:3). the cross terminates the first creation, and out of death there is brought in a new creation in Christ.

The Cross is God's declaration that everything within us from the old creation must die, because nothing of the first Adam can pass beyond the Cross.

How can we ever expect the Lord to live out His life in us if we do not offer our lives to Him?

Grace means that God has done something for me; law means that I must do something for God.

Delivered from the law means that I no longer am going to try to do anything to please God; for if I do, the I immediately place myself under the law; I must allow Christ to fulfill the law in me -- this alone is pleasing to God (Matthew 5:17). This is deliverance from the law!

We put our trust in the Lord to manifest His resurrection life in us. The sooner we give up trying, the better. It is only by ceasing in ourselves that we give place to the Holy Spirit. And then, we will see a power stronger than ourselves carrying us through.  As long as we are trying to do anything, He can do nothing. It is because of our trying that we fail.

 

Keep a record of how God meets you each day.

Part of John's revelation was from the third heaven, but most of it was from the second heaven.  The first heaven was before the fall of man.  The second heaven is the spiritual realm during the reign of evil upon the earth.  The third heaven is when the love and domain of the Father will again prevail over the earth through Jesus.

Word of Knowledge (about physical illness or other knowledge that is not not known to you) comes when you touch His mind to just a small degree.

Deception involves anything that you do not understand as God does.

Every floor built upon the foundation should go higher.  We will not be the building God intended unless we go higher.

The goal of your life must be love, not power.  Then He will give you power to love with.  He will give you the power to heal the sick because you love them.  You must seek love first. Seek faith to love more and to do more with your love. Only when you seek faith to love can He trust you with His power. The more confidence you lose in yourself the more power He will be able to trust you with.

Every time you see Him with the eyes of your heart, your mind is renewed a little bit more -- one day you will be able to abide in His presence continually.

You receive more anointing by -- loving those whom He loves -- as you love them you love Him -- as you have given to them the love He has saturated your heart with, you have given to Him, and He will give more to you in return.

Do not judge anyone without inquiring of Him.

You shouldn't say things about yourself that God says are not true.  eg.  "I am a work in Progress"  (false humility)  Colossians 2:18 - "Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement." v.2:13 ..."having forgiven us all our transgressions."

You are giving yourself an excuse to sin occasionally and live short of God's full will for you.  By wet-nursing this mindset you disengage yourself from living up to your full potential in Christ. eg. I am an old sinner saved by grace.  Colossians 2:10 "And in Him you have been made complete."  You have the power to change things that don't line up with heaven.  Romans 6:11 - "Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus."

Some so-called believers absolutely insist on living a life short of their sonship in Christ.

None of us deserves anything but the promised wage for the worker in the vineyard.  This is calvary and we have just begun to climb.

1 Samuel 30:8 Word of the Lord after David reached Ziklag -- attack, take back, recover all.

Prophesy to the issue you already heard the Lord on, and see yourself rise up with the Global Church as an exceeding great army.

Complete death to self, life in the Spirit, and conformity to the character of Christ. (Rev. 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony" , Galatians 2:20  "I am crucified with Christ..." , 2 Corinthians 4:10,11 "always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body."

Definition of worship -- obedience mixed with sacrifice.

Praise is a war cry - - a phone call to the armies of heaven.

The typical American Church -- lukewarm, dead, and not flowing in the Holy Spirit.

The typical Sunday American evangelical sermon - banal, cursory, facil, perfunctory, superficial, trite.

We are the trees that react to the wind. John 3:8 - "The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

Jesus is looking to manifest Himself upon the earth.  We are the visible image of the invisible God.  My life is not about me anymore -- its about people seeing the invisible image of God in me. When people see us react to the Spirit of God, they know the Spirit is real.

Mark 6:8 - "He told them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick—no food, no traveler’s bag, no money."  He doesn't want you to depend on anything but Him -- not your Job, not people, not favorable circumstances.

Preaching is supposed to change the way we think -- not adapt to our carnal thinking.

The Ecstacy of suffering vision of Jesus' heart as a symbol of love:

By hiding into Christ's wounds, into Christ's heart, devotion to Christ crucified, to His wounds, to the suffering within His open torn heart, contemplating Christ's head crowned with thorns and Christ' broken heart.

Jesus says: Look at me through your wounds, Look at me through your hands, Look at me through your eyes

May your eyes look at me because those wounds were made out of mercy.  Through the wounds on your chest have mercy on me, give me a new heart, so that, hidden in the wounds on your chest I can love you with your pure and unadulterated love flowing through me.

Affirmation: 

I am called, I am chosen, I am predestined, I am a man of God, I am anointed of God.

Definition of authority:  authority is the assurance that you possess dominion over whatever you are presently praying over.

Humility Definition - Doing the things you know God wants you to do at the cost of something else that pleases the senses. (Dying to the flesh)

Christ in You -- God's word in you is the only thing that changes you.

If you have not been born again the desire to seek, ask, and knock will not be there. (Matthew 7:7)

Humility implies obedience. Obedience to God's word and the leading of the Holy Spirit.  From the latin - "humus" - on the ground.  It is said the expressing of true humility is born in the person who willingly condesends from a position of pride to lay prostrate on the ground in a place of submission to almighty God.

1 Peter 5:5,6 - "all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,"

Knowledge definition - Applies to facts or ideas acquired by study, investigative observation or experience.

Affirmations:  Since I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus, I am able in all things as Christ is able.

I believe that I am in a state of grace.

Jesus can and will do all things through me that pertains to my destiny.

The Holy Spirit will give me wisdom and knowledge necessary to succeed in the things God has put into my heart to do.

Psalm 37:4 - "Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart."

Psalm 20:4 - "May he give you what your heart desires and fulfill your whole purpose."

When you start living out of the new creation nature you will discover that your desires and God's purpose for your life are intertwined together.

To live the good life God has for you, you must have an aggressive go-for-it faith - the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force.

A passive faith will never lay hold of the good things of God.  Faith moves mountains, calms storms, heals the sick, casts out demons, raises the dead, changes things. Faith has no limits. It is faith that connects man with the omnipotence of God.

Faith doesn't just give you the courage to stay stuck where you are and be happy about it.

Faith can become the greatest force in your life; sees the invisible, does the impossible, and makes dreams come true.

My faith is built on His truth and not the facts.  The Word is like water that washes our mind.

Faith is like a seed -- Matthew 17:20 - "f you have faith the size of a mustard seed,"

Faith is substance - Hebrews 11:1 - "Now, faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen."

Faith is a force - Matthew 21:21 -  "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen."

Faith is a spirit - 2 Corinthians 4:13 - "But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE," we also believe, therefore we also speak,"  - Your attitudes are the manifestation of some spirit on your life. Spirit of the mind can build-up, speak life, be positive - spirit of the mind is transferable

Sow the word into your heart and it will grow and grow and will become the most powerful force in your life.

Doubt - "Diakrino" - to consider 2 opinions - when you turn your head to consider another opinion, you are into doubt.

Unbelief - Agreeing with something contrary to the Word of God.

Doubt - giving it a hearing.  don't argue with doubt.  Give praise to God instead

Condition of the covenant - "The righteous shall live by faith." - Romans 1:17

God wants you (living sacrifice wholly and acceptable unto Him).

God use me - useless prayer - you are not usable. Instead of pressing you need to be preparing. 

God leads you in stages - Romans 12 :2 - "do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."

John 15:16 - "You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain,"

To desire means to crave for something at the expense of losing everything.

Mark 11:24 - "Therefore I say unto you, whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you will receive them, and you shall have them."

2 Corinthians 12:9 - "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me." - When you run into an impossible situation don't give up and accept defeat. Instead shout "GLORY!" because the Word says God's strength is about to be made perfect in you. When your human strength ends - REJOICE - God has promised that his miraculous power will bring you through. Only Believe!  God's grace is sufficient for you!

Hebrews 13:5 - "He has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'” - When you fall don't waste your time trying to figure everything out. Your understanding will always be twisted when you are depressed and you will never see truth from that place. Depression is the deception that comes from seeing the world from your perspective. Truth comes from seeing the world through Jesus' eyes where He sits at the right hand of the Father. Those who abide in His presence will say "the whole earth is filled with His glory."  When you fall short of the Lord's grace and sin entangles you, it is hard for you to come to Him. You must learn to always run to the Lord at such times, not away from Him. You repent towards heaven - you thank God for his forgiveness and for His guidance in showing you how to repent.  You must not only seek His presence, but you must abide in His presence continually.

Colossians 1:27 - "To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."  -  The mystery is that Christ is in you.  That is your hope of glory. This suggests, then, that our task is not to get Christ into us, but out of us.  What God sees when He looks at you is Christ.  Jesus came to show us what Christ looks like when He takes on human form.  But it is Christ that God's looking at. God sees Christ in you.  That's the hope of glory -- Christ in you. Christ is the image of God.  The word image means "the essence of the being". Christ is the image of God.  That means when God created you. He created you in His image, and His image is Christ.  That's why the Bible never calls us the Body of Jesus. Jesus was the human manifestation of the heavenly Christ. We humans on earth, with all our fallibilities and weaknesses -- God pronounces on us: "You are the Body of Christ."  In other words, Christ is in us somewhere. When we want to meet Christ God will show us the Church.  But we can't accept this because we think that Christ is in Heaven. No, He isn't. Jesus is in Heaven. Christ is sitting in your clothes, living in the body of the believer. Christ is the essence of God -- He's God Himself. God intended for you to be created in His image.  Although you may say, "I want to be like Jesus," God says, "There's something deeper."  You were lost and Jesus came to bring you back. God sent Jesus so you could see yourself.

Romans 10:17, it says, "So then faith comes by hearing and hearing, by the Word of God."  Christ gave us the gift of faith when we received Him. We must hear the Word of God.  The best way to hear it is to say it out loud as we go throughout the day.  Also meditate on it and visualize ourselves in the Word. It is Christ's faith in us, not our own faith, that we take up and use. "In Christ lives all the fullness of God" (Colissians 2:9)  "and in Christ you have been brought to fullness" Colossians 2:10)  "as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." (John 20:21) because Jesus has already overcome the world, His victory is our victory.  Therefore, there is nothing imposssible for the Believer. Ephesians 6:16 -  "ABOVE ALL, TAKE THE SHIELD OF FAITH."

Difference Between Praise and Worship:

Praise addresses God.  Worship waits on God.

Praise exults God for what He has done.  Worship extols Him for who He is.

Praise lifts us to heavenly places.  Worship lifts God to His rightful place.

Praise warfare sends a message to satanic forces.  Worship send incense to the throne.

Praise enters into warfare.  Worship is adoration.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 - "He has also set eternity in the hearts of men." - There is something within you that is being called by eternity. We live in time and space but time and space are connected to eternity, and God has put something into your heart that calls the unseen into the seen. The vision God has put in your heart is "a piece of eternity" that He gave you to deliver in time and space -- that is, on the earth during your lifetime. God lives in eternity, yet He has specifically placed you in time so that others on earth will be able to see a piece of eternity that is in Him.  It is this piece of eternity that makes you uncomfortable or dissatisfied with your present life because you are not yet manifesting YOUR PURPOSE.

Psalm 25:20 - "Oh keep my soul, and deliver me. Let me not be disappointed, for I take refuge in you."  Learning to properly deal with disappointment is part of spiritual maturity.  We can either spend the day disappointed because our plans didn't work out, or we can pray about what else God might want us to do and believe our steps are ordered by the Lord. Our disappointment doesn't come as much from our circumstances as it does from our misplaced believing. Trusting God is something we can choose to do all the time, especially when things don't work out the way we planned.  Proverbs 16:9 - "A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps..."

1 Corinthians 3:9 - "For we are co-workers in God's service; you are God's field, God's building." - Some believers think faith is a one-way street. They believe in God and wait on God to do the work.  They think belief is the only thing they need. That person does nothing but sit still and procrastinates, waiting for God. "Well, I'll just pray about it." they use waiting on God as an excuse for their own lack of engagement. "If God means for me to have it, I'll have it," they reason.  In order to advance in God's purpose for your life you have to be engaged in the process. God definitely plays a role, but so must you. James 2:26 - "As the lifeless body is dead, so faith without actions is dead."

Philippians 3:10 - "That I may know Him and the power of His resurrection."  Jesus said to Martha, "I am the resurrection and the life" (John 11:25). There is something different between saying you have faith and then being pressed into a tight corner and proving that you have faith.  If you believe, it will be done according to your faith. (Mark 11:24)  May God give us the "fellowship of His sufferings" (Philippians 3:10) that when we see a person afflicted with cancer, we will pray and believe right through until the disease is struck dead. When we see a bent and helpless woman or a man who is weak and sick, may God give us compassion and a fellowship with them that will lighten their heavy burdens and set them free.  How often we have missed the victory because we did not have compassion at the needed moment. We failed to pray with a broken heart.

Ephesians 3:16,19 - 16 I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being...19—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.  The Lord wants you to see His power and His strength but He is also wanting you to see YOUR authority in Him to use the Word of God --what it means to partner with Jesus, to see the Holy Spirit move upon your faith – a faith that is rooted in what HE has spoken – and then to see HIM do the miraculous.  In the fires you have faced and the Goliaths you have stood before in 2020 your heart has been prepared. Character and humility have been forged by the hand of the Lord in the trials you have endured. God has taught you much and forged you as you have surrendered to Him and moved in obedience to His Word. 2021 will be a year where EVERYTHING changes. Everything will be affected by you stepping into your God-given destiny.

Matthew 6:24,25 - "No man can serve two masters...take no thought." When thinking about the pressures of life that are bearing down on you -- you cannot serve those pressures and also the Word of God at the same time. We serve our thoughts -- Isaiah 55 tells us to forsake our thoughts and by the Word take God's thoughts -- 2 Corinthians 10:5 says to cast out thoughts that challenge the Word and bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. In other words make your thoughts obey the Word. Circumstances don't have to change before you can change your thoughts.  In fact, the circumstances may not ever change until your thoughts are switched from wrong to right thinking.

Proverbs 28:1 - "The righteous are as bold as a lion."  It's our security in the Lord's love for us that gives us the strength to face rejection from others. The antidote for fear of men is a large dose of the love of God.  One of the greatest truths of the Bible and one of the hardest to comprehend, is that we are the objects of God's love.  An experiential understanding of God's love is the key to being filled with all the fullness of God (Ephesians 3:19). Our revelation of God's love constantly flowing into our heart (spirit) is the foundation upon which everything else we receive from God is built.

Proverbs 18:21 - "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof."  Scripture tells us that God uses words to "call those things which be not as though they were" (Romans 4:17).  Most people spend their lives "telling it like it is."  There is a difference between lying and speaking by faith.  A lie is meant to deceive someone. It's designed to make someone believe something that's not true. But to speak by faith is simply to speak words that agree with the Word of God instead of the circumstances around you.  Begin today by stopping "telling it like it is" and start speaking and believing the promises of God, putting the power of words to work for you.

1 Corinthians 11:26, "For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord's death till He comes."  The "Tree of Life" relates to life or death. The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" relates to that which is good or bad, or, right or wrong. In our daily life experiences we often make decisions, or choices that relate to right or wrong, and comment about it being either good or bad. As we do this, we again become attached to the tree of knowledge. Therefore, as we prepare for communion, the first thing we do is to release ourself  from this attachment to the Tree of Knowledge. We then reattach ourself to the Tree of Life and speak to the Lord words that include the following: "Lord, I release the totality of my being from the Tree of Knowledge, and through Your redemption in my behalf, I humbly come to You and reattach myself to the Tree of Life, as being a branch that can live, only as I receive the life of the True Vine, flowing into my life."

Isaiah 60:1 - "Arise, shine! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the LORD rises to shine on you."  The shift that is upon you right now is the greatest shift and birthing of your life. There is a royal flush of His victory that is already yours in Christ, manifesting powerfully in your life to position you in ways you have never been positioned in, to do what you have never done, and go where you never thought you could go. You will RUN, RUN, RUN with Him, and your body will be healed, strengthened and empowered with divine endurance. This is your season of fulfillment in your destiny—to see the name of Jesus lifted high and His glory spread all over the earth. The battle in the dark night has shifted and the sun is rising upon you. It's a new day of adventuring, exploring, building and running empowered by the Spirit of God like never before.

Exodus 33:14-16  "And He said, 'My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.' Then he [Moses] said to Him, 'If Thy presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Thy sight, I and Thy people? Is it not by Thy going with us, so that we, I and Thy people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?'"  This is a key of great power in God's Kingdom. The presence of God is the distinguishing characteristic that proves we have favor with God! Without it, we are as other men. The glory of God is "the manifested presence of God," the visible evidence that the person of God, Himself, has shown up among us—and that is the greatest thing in life! Day by day, we must make our way into His presence to be renewed, transformed, empowered, and filled with His glory.  As we spend time with Him, we then release the brilliance of His great presence to the world around us.

Numbers 6:24,25 - "The Lord bless you, and keep you;  25 The Lord make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; "   2021 will be marked with great blessing but do not forget Him when you have need of nothing. Do not forget Him when the desires of your heart have been answered and fulfilled.  Do not forget Him when that promotion you were desperate for has been given to you  or where things are great and wonderful.  When we enter into a season of abundant blessing it can often be the place where we can be lulled into a false sense of security. It's a place where the cares and riches of this life can easily creep in slowly and subtly choke the Word in your life and make it unfruitful. It's in this place where we can become overly comfortable, lazy, unprofitable and distracted servants.  We must guard our hearts against apathy and complacency, drifting into lukewarmness and becoming a soft target for the enemy.  Mark 4:19, "And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches and the lusts of other things entering in choke the Word, and it becomes unfruitful."

Romans 8:37 -  "Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us."  There is a "parting of the red sea" happening in 2021. You are crossing over into the land that is full of breakthrough, blessing, increase, overflow and the abundance of God.  There have been things that have kept you going in circles and in confusion, stopping you from moving forward. There is not only great victory over these areas, but greater insight, vision and clarity to what has been happening. What He is releasing and moving you into has your name written all over it, tailor made for you. Because He designed and orchestrated this breakthrough so strategically, you will know it was only the Lord who could do it. There will be tremendous joy and gratitude toward the Lord when it happens, knowing He did not forget, and knowing it is time to move into all that He has prepared for you.

Matthew 7:13-14 - "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it."  Look for God's purpose in everything you are going through and live in the moment, moving forward in each step cautiously, and using His wisdom.   Ask God not only for His wisdom and discernment, but also for Him to place His lens upon your eyes so that you can see everything around you through His eyes. God will open doors that no man can shut. The doors and opportunities that God has been preparing for you, no power of darkness or man can stop. We are representatives of the Kingdom of Heaven, and the Lord is making us unstoppable!  Be positioned for such a time as this. Get ready, exciting times are up ahead!  All the praise, honor and glory be unto our living God alone!

Habakkuk 3:17-19 (NKJV): "Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; though the labor of the olive may fail, and the fields yield no food; though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls – yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength; He will make my feet like deer's feet,  And He will make me walk on my high hills."   Here is a beautiful picture of worshiping and rejoicing in God at all times, married with the promise that He WILL make you remarkable by His Spirit, even lifting you up to high places like you have never known before. Exaltation, promotion in His high place, is a promise to all those who choose to rejoice in Him at all times.  As we lay hold of joy in the Lord He fills us with fresh strength daily! This is a key to your spiritual strength.  In 2021 year get ready for the new thing that will spring forth. Break out of the old wineskin and receive the new that is filled with the new wine of His joy! His joy is a distinguishing mark separating those who live after the Spirit from those who live by the strong arms of the flesh.

Matthew 17:20  - "And Jesus said unto them, 'Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, 'Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.'"  Faith is being awakened in you today to see the supernatural become possibly natural every day in your life. You are the dwelling place of God so that your faith will be unshaken.  Your mouth is a secret weapon against the enemy. Know your authority in Christ to decree and speak the will of God over everything God has put you in charge of or in authority over. Most Believers just speak to God about the mountains they are facing daily instead of following Jesus' directions and speaking directly to the mountains. Your mountains have ears and they will respond if you speak to them. The enemy is trying to shake the faith of God's people with fear. Fight back by speaking faith today to see mountains moved immediately!