WALKING IN MY AUTHORITY

I HAVE HAD SOME PETITIONS AND PRAYERS BEFORE GOD THAT I REALLY BEEN LOOKING FOR HIM TO GIVE ME AN ANSWER TO. ONE WAS WHY ARE SO MANY CHILDREN KILLING CHILDREN, AND WHY I CAN'T STOP OVER EATING WHY I DON'T HAVE ANY CONTROL IN THAT AREA OF MY LIFE. SO I KINDA LEFT THOSE QUESTION WITH GOD AND WENT ON DOING MY SPIRITUAL WORK FOR THE KINGDOM. EVERY NOW AND THEN I WOULD BRING THEM BACK TO HIM WHEN THERE WAS A BAD KILLING LIKE AN INNOCENT CHILD BEING KILLED, OR I GO ON A BINGE AND JUST DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO STOP EATING. I CAME TO UNDERSTAND I WAS DEALING WITH THE SPIRIT OF GLUTTONY , BUT WERE DID IT COME FROM WHEN AND HOW DID I LET IT IN AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WHEN WE (GOD AND I) ARE GOING TO GET RID OF IT. GOD SHOWED ME I DON'T MOVE ENOUGH, NO EXERCISE, I'M NOT EATING HEALTHY ENOUGH, AND MY EATING HABITS ARE WRONG FOR MY AGE NOW. SO SLOWLY HE HAD BEEN SHOWING ME AND TEACH ME HOW TO GET ON TRACK. SO FOR THE LAST 8 MONTHS OR SO I HAVE REALLY BEEN PAYING ATTENTION NOT REALLY DOING MUCH ABOUT IT BUT I WAS ADMITTING , SEEKING, AND SURRENDERING TO THE FACT THIS IS WHAT IT IS. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I WORK WITH HURTING WOMEN SO I KNOW THE PROCESS TO WALKING TOWARDS HEALING. BUT MY THING WAS OK GOD YOU GOT RID OF MY CRACK ADDICTION, MY SMOKING ADDICTION, YOU HEALED ME FROM ABANDONMENT ISSUES, JUST TO NAME A FEW. SO MY THINKING IS WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO THE SAME THING FOR THIS SPIRIT OF GLUTTONY. HE DID NOT ANSWER ME. I WAS THINK MAYBE SOMETHING HAPPEN TO ME AS A CHILD THAT WAS SO HORRIBLE THAT I BLOCKED IT OUT AND THIS EATING WAS A MANIFESTATION OF IT, I KEPT ASKING GOD ABOUT THAT NO ANSWER. AT THIS POINT I'M GETTING DISGUSTED WITH MY EATING BEHAVIOR. AND MORE JUDGMENTAL ABOUT THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY AND THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO NOT KNOW OR EVEN WANT TO GET THIS KILLING UNDER CONTROL AND IN MY CITY WERE I WAS BORN AND RAISED PEOPLE WERE DYING 5 A DAY OR MORE. MY THINKING IS I KNOW THE POWER OF GOD, SEEN IT WORK IN MY OWN LIFE MANY TIMES, I KNOW WHAT THE WORD SAY AND IT'S JUST TOO MANY CHURCHES IN ANY GIVING NEIGHBORHOOD WHY WEREN'T WE NOT COMBINING TOGETHER TO BEAT THE SPIRIT OF MURDER. FOR THE LAST MONTH OR SO GOD HAS HAD ME TEACH ON AUTHORITY, SPIRITUAL, EARTHLY AND WORLDLY. IT HAS BEEN VERY INTERESTING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SOMETHING I THOUGHT I KNEW SO MUCH ABOUT. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THIS , GOD SET ME UP!!. SO I'M GOING ALONG TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT AUTHORITY. GOD IS SHOWING ME INFORMATION, WISDOM AND REVELATION KNOWLEDGE I HAD NO CLUE TO. WHAT I WAS UNDERSTANDING WAS GOD GAVE US AUTHORITY/POWER ON EARTH FOR RULING THE THINGS ON EARTH, SPIRITUAL/WORLDLY. IT WAS HIS INTENTION THAT WE WOULD STAND IN AGREEMENT WITH HIM FOR THE COVENANT HE MADE FOR AND WITH MAN ON EARTH. GOD WAS TELLING US THAT THE POWER AND AUTHORITY HE AND JESUS HELD IN HEAVEN HE GAVE US THE SAME FOR EARTH OVER ALL IN THE EARTH. AND IT SEEMED THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE AN ISSUE BELIEVING THAT, THEY JUST DIDN'T SEEM TO BELIEVE THAT MEANT AUTHORITY/POWER OVER OUR SELF, OUR OWN FLESH ISSUES. IT SEEMED TO BE EASIER FOR US TO BLAME WHAT WE DIDN'T WANT TO CONTROL OR HAVE RESPONSIBILITY OVER,WE BLAMED IT ON THE ENEMY. BUT MOST THINGS WE DEAL WITH ARE STUFF WE LET IN, OR US GETTING INTO AGREEMENT WITH THE ENEMY. JUST LIKE WITH ADAM AND EVE. THEIR DISOBEDIENCE TO GOD LOST US OUR AUTHORITY WHEN WE GOT INTO AGREEMENT WITH SATAN HE ENDED UP WITH OUR AUTHORITY (Jn 12:31; 14:30; 16:11); UNTIL JESUS' CRUCIFIXION. WHEN HE GOT THE AUTHORITY/POWER BACK TO US, Early in Jesus’ ministry, he gave his disciples “power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, and he sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick” (Lk 9:1-2). He also gave them “authority to trample on snakes and scorpions, and to overcome all the power of the enemy, so that nothing would harm” them (Lk 10:19). These statements also apply to Christians today. In both of these verses, power (dynamis) is the strength or ability to do something and authority (exousia) is the right to exercise power. SO NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND THE AUTHORITY AND WHAT TO DO WITH IT, HERE COMES THE SET-UP. SO FIRST SUNDAY MY PASTOR SAYS AT THE END OF SERVICE, EVANGELIST DOKES, I WANT YOU TO GIVE A WORD ON 2ND SUNDAY. OK AT THIS TIME I HAD BEEN IN AUTHORITY 6 WEEKS SO I FIGURE THIS IS WHAT GOD WANTED ME TO SPEAK ON, AND SO I DID, WE HAD AN AWESOME TIME IN THE WORD MY PASTOR WAS ENCOURAGED BY THE WORD AND THE SPIRIT HAD US CALL IN ALL THAT WE HAD AUTHORITY OVER, TO STAND BACK IN OUR AUTHORITY THAT WE HAD ALLOWED THE ENEMY TO TALK US OUT OF, LIKE OUR HEALTH & WHOLENESS, SALVATION FOR OUR FAMILY, GROWTH IN THE BODY OF CHRIST, FINANCES, OUR SINFUL NATURE, LIFE AND PROSPERITY. I FELT A MOVE IN THE SPIRIT BUT I WAS STILL NOT AWARE AS TO WERE GOD WAS GOING WITH THIS. I DO KNOW THAT WHEN WE GIVE A WORD IT DEALS WITH US FIRST AND IF WE CAN TEACH IT WE RESPONSIBLE FOR ACTING ON THE WORD. OK SO I'M EXCITED THE BODY RECEIVED THE WORD AND I'M GETTING MORE SPIRITUAL REVELATION ON IT. MONDAY IS THE DAY I DO MY BLOGTALK RADIO SHOW, SO I'M ON THE AIR TEACHING AND IT'S ABOUT 30 MINS BEFORE WE GO OFF THE AIR WHEN THE SPIRIT HIT ME, AND SAYS NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO USE THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY THAT HAS BEEN GIVE YOU, YOU CAN NOW TAKE DOWN THE SPIRIT OF GLUTTONY IN YOUR LIFE. BECAUSE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS TALKING TO ME I CAN'T MOVE SPEAK OR ANYTHING BUT LISTEN, I'M IN AW BUT AT THE SAME TIME I NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE SPIRIT CAUSE I'M EXPECTING THIS DELIVERANCE TO GO LIKE THE OTHER DELIVERANCE IN MY LIFE, ( GOD TAKE THE URGE FROM ME HE HAS EVEN REMOVED ME FROM THE SITUATION FOR ME TO GET STRENGTHEN AND NOT DEAL WITH TEMPTATIONS. SO I WANT HIM TO DO THAT THIS TIME. SO IN MY SPIRIT I'M HAVING THIS ( I CALL IT REASONING WITH GOD) CONVERSATION WHY GOD WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE THIS FROM ME, I KNOW YOU GOT THE POWER TO MAKE ME STOP EATING, HE SAID YOU GOT THE POWER TO MAKE YOU STOP EATING AND IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO EXERCISE THAT AUTHORITY/POWER. I'M IN TEARS AT THIS POINT. BUT I FEEL THE LOVE AND CALMNESS OF GOD EVEN IN THE MIST. I WANT TO DO THIS JUST CAUSE I ALWAYS DESIRE TO BE OBEDIENT TO GOD'S WILL BUT I'M KNOWING THIS IS GOING TO TAKE MORE OF MY PARTICIPATION, BEFORE I JUST HAD TO MAINTAIN MY DELIVERANCE AFTER GOD DELIVERED ME. GOD TOOK ME BACK TO WEDNESDAY EVENING WHEN I HEARD MINISTER SHAW SAY GOD IS ASKING "HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO FOR HIM ." WHEN I HEARD HER SAY THAT IT PRICKED MY SPIRIT I KNEW IT WAS A PERSONAL QUESTION FOR ME, SO WITH MY SANCTIFIED SELF I ANSWERED AS FAR AS YOU WANT ME TO GO. GOD BROUGHT THAT ANSWER BACK TO MY MEMORIZATION. NOW MIND YOU I'M ON THE AIR STILL, WITH MANY PEOPLE LISTEN TO THIS AS I'M GOING THROUGH THIS, THEN GOD SAID DON'T I ALWAYS REWARD YOU, CAN'T YOU TRUST ME TO GIVE YOU THE VICTORY, I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU OR FORSAKE YOU. SO NOW I'M COMING TO MYSELF AND SAYING YES GOD I TRUST YOU, YES GOD I WILL DO THIS YOUR WAY FOR YOU TO GET GLORY OUT MY LIFE. AT FIRST I WAS NOT LETTING THE AUDIENCE KNOW WHAT HE WAS TELLING ME TO USE MY AUTHORITY OVER THAT WAS JUST TO EMBARRASSING TO TELL, THEN GOD SAID SO YOU ASHAMED, I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO WHEN GOD ASKING YOU A QUESTION HE NOT ASKING FOR AN ANSWER. SO I SPEAK IT. THEN HE REMINDED ME HOW I WANTED TO BE AN EXAMPLE FOR MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO IS OVER WEIGHT ALSO. I WAS A MESS BY THIS TIME, I THANK GOD HE HAD EVANGELIST CONNIE HAYES AND MINISTER DONNA SHAW IN THE STUDIO THAT WERE MIDWIVES AND INTERCESSIONS THAT DAY THEY PRAYED ME THROUGH. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME GOD HAS DONE THIS TO ME IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, I REALLY DON'T MIND AFTER I HAVE GOTTEN THROUGH IT. IT'S AN HONOR FOR THE FATHER TO USE ME AT ALL. AND AS LONG AS HE GET GLORY OUT OF MY LIFE LET'S GET IT DONE. I LOVE GOD BUT DON'T EVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING WE CAN TELL HIM HOW TO GET THE JOB DONE. LET HIM BE GOD AND WE JUST BE WILLING VESSELS THAT WILL HUMBLE OUR SELF FOR HIS PURPOSE. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF MY JOURNEY WITH OVER EATING, I WILL SHARE WITH YOU THE ROOT AT A LATER TIME. SO I ASK YOU HOW FAR ARE YOU WILLING TO GO FOR GOD?

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