Word of the Day
Beloved, I am the Word; therefore, the Word is alive as I am alive (John 1:1)! Take My Word and answer the call to set things in motion by releasing it as I have told you to do. Release the logos and the rhema Word. Release them into every area of your life starting with those things which try and persuade you to believe contrary to what I say. When you hear contrary thoughts or experience negative damaging emotions not in agreement with My Word ask Me to show you the root and I will. Once I have shown you what you need to know, renounce, repent and then declare what I have said. In doing this you tear down old pathways of thinking and make new ones which make way for new actions birthed from new ways of thinking according to the Truth. Do it often and every time you experience the negative and your mind will be renewed. It takes time and persistence. Be persistent and do not grow weary in doing good (Galatians 6:9; Hebrews 12:3; Revelation 2:3).
Be courageous and say what I say to your own doubt and unbelief. When you do you will see the very foundations of your thinking change and become launching pads to release overwhelming, overcoming and timeless victory to every needed place in your life. As a result, others will once again be affected and transformed. Nothing you do is static in any way. Everything you do whether it is the thoughts you think…the words you speak or the actions you do has the power to release life or death. Choose life and speak well…think well and do well.
Beloved, I urge you once again; do not confine Me or My Word. They say time is in a bottle. This is not a good way to see time. Consider how small the bottle might be in comparison to who I am. Never consider your life to be like a small bottle of time thrown out into the ocean of life with just one note. Your life is not small and it contains many notes…many heartbeats. It is as big as eternity itself, for I the Eternal One, live in you. This truth changes every dynamic…changes every possibility…this changes everything. I am in You and You are in Me. Eternity is bound up in your heart…your spirit. Meditate on this and let your heart rejoice…let your heart ponder the depth of such a thing.
Reflect on this and realize your life and time is so much more. I have an abundance to give you; but, if you relegate yourself to being like one small bottle so much will be missed by your own limited thinking. There is a saying which encourages one to think out of the box. I say, “Think and live outside the bottle of time for you are eternal!”
Beloved, you must remember that time is endless, for I have conquered death in all areas and abundant life is the new rule of the day. Will you choose abundant life?
I conquered hell, stripping it of all power and it must subject itself to the rule and authority of Heaven. Will you choose to have battles with men according to the flesh or will you believe My Word which says you do not fight against flesh and blood? Use the measure of rule I have given you against the enemy and not people. Be grace to others as I am grace to you.
I conquered the grave through submission to the Father and became the Resurrection unto to new life which I now give to all who believe. My resurrection is not just for the life to come but for this life (Philippians 3:10-11). Like Me, resurrection is timeless and ongoing. It is for every aspect of life and is not to be saved or anticipated as being just for the life to come. I died and rose again that you might have life abundant in every area. The enemy comes to kill, steal and destroy everything; therefore, resurrection is needed in everything. Abundant life pours forth from resurrection pure and simple.
IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. (John 1:1 Amplified)
And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. (Galatians 6:9 Amplified)
[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body]. (Philippians 3:10-11 Amplified)
Prayer
Lord, You are the Word and the Word is alive to do Your perfect will…to grow and prosper in my heart and life…to help me to overcome and be renewed at the deepest levels…to enable me to walk in grace and not law…to transform in the natural what I already am in the spiritual. Worry, anxiety, fear, doubt and unbelief have no power to rule over my submitted heart. The Word of God I speak into my life and over those I love is shaking any foundation built on sinking sand. I say the wrong foundations will crumble and sink as the righteous foundations in Christ arise to create launching pads for the glory of the Lord. I choose life. I choose love. I choose to be an instrument of love in order to release life and not death in a continuous flow which cuts off all death.
My life is not confined like an old note captured in a bottle and put out to sea in hopes someone will find it. You always know where I am and are acquainted with the joys…the grief and desires of my heart. My thoughts and dreams are ever before You. Every note…every heartbeat is captured and cared for by You; therefore, I will not fear or be dismayed. I am an eternal being and eternity is bound up in my heart for the Lord…the Eternal One…lives in me.
I declare I am one who lives outside the bottle of limited time…outside the box of status quos and worldly wisdom. I open my heart and mind to the wisdom of the Lord and declare times and seasons will not dictate whether I succeed or fail. I am a success at all times no matter what because I am in Christ and He is in me. I am faithful and true. My spirit is born again; therefore, it is perfect as He is perfect and my soul man…my mind, will and emotions are coming into alignment with my spirit. All of hell has been conquered…all of death, hell and the grave have been defeated. Abundant life rules the hours and days of my life. Resurrection power is my portion in all I do as I submit my heart to the Lover of my soul. My spirit is new and my soul is loved. I am amazed for sometimes I look at my soul and think how could anyone love it; but, You do. Thank you.
Today is a new day of pouring forth new life…new hope and new dreams…a new day of old dreams being resurrected to bring forth provision and sustenance in all areas of life. All things killed, stolen and destroyed are being returned for I am blessed of the Lord because He is in me and I am in Him. Today I have abundant life in every area. Abundant life is pouring forth pure and simple. Amen.
Reflect and Journal
1. What have you been doing on a personal and consentient level to renew your mind to line up with the Truth?
2. Ponder how repenting, renouncing and then filling vacated places with Truth is like walking through a field of weeds over and over until the weeds are worn away making the path easy and smooth. What are you hearing on a personal level when you contemplate this scenario?
3. Take a deep breath and breathe in the freedom and forgiveness of the Lord and exhale doubt and unbelief. Break covenant with it in all aspects and situations. Pick one in particular you struggle with and repent, renounce and speak His truth in the situation or struggle. Do this over and over. Do it each time the negative creeps into your conscious thinking. As you do this, your subconscious and unconscious mind will eventually be affected and line up with the Truth you are speaking and believing.
4. In what ways have you confined God to the limited aspects of time as you know it?
5. Reflect on your life being eternal right now. How does this change your perspective about what you do or involve yourself in?
6. Take some time to think outside the bottle of time which is your life and let your heart join with the Lord’s to dream beyond the confines of what you are experiencing. Dare to dream and dream big. Invite the Lord to ignite the dreams of your heart put there by Him. You have the thoughts and intents of His heart. Ask for His thoughts to come to the surface as you dream beyond the confines you find yourself in. What is He stirring up in your heart? Do you long to write, to sing, to play an instrument, to counsel, to help the sick and homeless just to mention a few possibilities? When you begin to hear…begin to be stirred, don’t slough His thoughts off by thinking it is too big. There are always small ways to start. For instance, a book begins with a paragraph, a paragraph begins with a sentence, a sentence begins with a word, a word begins with a letter and a letter begins with an idea or dream. So dream and start somewhere so you can grow in your dream precept upon precept and line upon line to display glory upon glory. Who you? Yes you.