Rom 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2 And 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.
Matt 17:2 And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. Transformation or metamorphosis. Spirit, soul and body. Spirit birthed at salvation but must be trained to be strong and rule.
Heb 4:12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Soul must be trained to surrender control to the spirit.
Inheritance – Physical and spiritual. We are human beings. We were originally spirit beings. We are becoming living beings, transformed into the image of God. Our destiny is to be God-like beings transformed into the image of Jesus. Promised land is an illustration of our inheritance both physical and spiritual.
Joshua 12: nations, cities, kings. Occupied strongholds of the enemy. Areas in our lives, our thinking, feelings and behavior’s that we can’t change. Bondages, addictions, habits, thinking patterns, emotions etc. control us. Enemy-occupied territory, areas of hopelessness and darkness within.
Rob you of your inheritance and your destiny to be a son of God, a joint heir with Jesus. John 14:10 the Father abiding in Me does His works. 12 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.
Our inheritance? Life of wholeness and prosperity, excelling to the highest level – spirit, soul and body. Rom 5:17 those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. Ruling and reigning in life.
1 Thes 5:23 And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Wholeness or peace = nothing missing nothing broken. Complete; without blame, reproach, sin, transgression or iniquity. Our inheritance is blocked by – Enemy occupied territory – strongholds of hopelessness and darkness. Fractures in our souls.
Strongholds give legal rights to the enemy, who has staked a claim on your inheritance. Laws of iniquity, sowing and reaping, and the law of sin and death. Generational outworking in our souls and genetic makeup. Physical and spiritual realms.
Kingdom of God is a heavenly realm that is mirrored within us. Luke 17:21 kingdom of God is within you in your hearts and among you surrounding you. Conflict – an internal battle for control Spiritual warfare.
Enemy strongholds-Block your spirit, soul and body gates, Hinder the manifestation of God’s glory through you and around you. Empower spiritual forces in the kingdom of God realm in the heavens. To rob you of spiritual authority.
Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers (principalities), against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Our stuff legally empowers spiritual forces in the governmental heavenly realms to control the spiritual atmosphere around us.
Principalities – territorial restrictions. Powers – block favor and blessing (bad luck). Rulers in darkness – confusion, deception, oppression, to keep the “world pulled over you eyes.” Hosts of wickedness – create temptations, seductions, enticements.
1 Cor 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. 14 Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.
Heb 1:7 And of the angels He says, “Who makes His angels winds, And His ministers a flame of fire.”
Heb 1:13 But the angels 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? Angels guard, protect and serve us.
Genetic record of 23 + 23 chromosomes. Stored in our hearts, records of past generations. Ezek 36:26 Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 2 Cor 3:3 being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Psa 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; 24 And see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the everlasting way.
Trial – evidence against you – your present struggles. Witnesses against you are your generational and genetic iniquity.
Eph 5:27 that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. 1 Thes 5:23 pure and wholly consecrated to God; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete and found blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Cor 10:5 Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. 6 Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.” 8 Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.
1 Cor 10:9 Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. 10 Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.
1 Cor 10:20 but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; Idolatry – using the world’s resources. Immorality – other relationships. Trying God – disobedience, lack of gratitude – destroyed by serpents. Grumbling – lack of trust – destroyed by destroyer (spiritual powers).
2 Cor 10:4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ,
Let’s continue to cooperate with the process of transformation. Let’s continue proactively presenting ourselves as living sacrifices. Let’s let go of the past. Let’s grab hold of our destinies.
If you are holding on to something that doesn’t belong to you and was never intended for your life… LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to past hurts and pains… LET IT GO!!! If you are still affected by disappointment or discouragement… LET IT GO!!! If you are still affected by being rejected, unsupported, under-valued or ignored… LET IT GO!!! If people have made you feel insignificant, unaccepted or unappreciated… LET IT GO!!!
If you are still demotivated by your past failures or others bad treatment of you… LET IT GO!!! If your past is still negatively affecting your present and clouding your future… LET IT GO!!! If you are demotivated by unfulfilled dreams, vision or expectations… LET IT GO!!! If you are involved in a wrong relationship or an addiction… LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to a job that no longer meets your needs or talents…. LET IT GO!!!
If you are stuck in the past and God is trying to take you to a new level in Him… LET IT GO!!! If you are struggling with the healing of a broken relationship… LET IT GO!!! If you keep trying to help someone who won’t even, try to help themselves… LET IT GO!!! If someone can’t treat you right, love you back, and see your worth… LET IT GO!!! If someone has angered, you … LET IT GO!!! If you are holding on to some thoughts of evil and revenge… LET IT GO!!!
If you have a bad attitude… LET IT GO!!! If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better… LET IT GO!!! If you’re feeling depressed and stressed … LET IT GO!!! If there is a particular situation that you are so used to handling yourself and God is saying “take your hands off of it,” then you need to… LET IT GO!!! If you are still trying to sort out your own life in your own way in your own strength then you need to… LET IT GO!!!
Your sinful nature … LET IT GO!!! Your iniquitous patterns … LET IT GO!!! Your negative blood-line influences … LET IT GO!!! Your genetic seed-line records … LET IT GO!!! Let the past be the past. Forget the former things. GOD is doing a new thing for 2013!!! LET IT GO!!! – “The battle is the Lord’s!”
Your identity in God … GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your destiny in God… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Who you are in Christ… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! God’s plan and purpose for your life… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your inheritance in God… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!
Your spiritual gifts… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! The fruit of the Spirit… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your blessing… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your forgiveness… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your healing… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your peace… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!
Your joy… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your access to God… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your debt cancellation… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your financial blessings… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!
Your breakthrough in God… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your relationship with God… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your intimacy with God… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your anointing with the Holy Spirit… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! God’s love for you… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!
Your life transformation… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your wholeness… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your blamelessness… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!! Your spotlessness… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!
Your heavenly encounters… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!
Your access into the heavenly courts… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!
Your heavenly mountain thrones… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!
Your kingdom authority… GRAB HOLD OF IT!!!