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59. 3rd Wk – Prayer@The-Gates – ECONOMY Gate

28April24 – (P@G) – ECONOMY Gate – GUIDELINES & POINTS

“Understanding how we partner with God to make a difference is the biblical foundation of business.” B. Epperhart

“The better God is known, the more He is trusted”- M. Henry. “Eternal life is to know God”(1Jh5:20)

“When you give everything to the Lord, the returns are incredible” J. Hayford(LSFL)

Strategic Prayer Points – Economy Gate

PRAYER POINTS SUMMARY:

1) THANKSGIVING, Praise & Adoration of our God, Creator, Father & Redeemer.
2) PERSONAL repentance
3) COMMUNION
4) PRAYERS FOR GOD’S PROTECTION, Provision, Power, Presence & Pre-eminence
5) IDENTIFICATIONAL repentance – Economy/Business/Work of our hands
6) Declarations & Prayers over GATE of Economy/Business of the abundance God’s promises – For SA
7) Declarations & Prayers for PERSONAL Work/Vocation/Finance
8) APPENDIX A: Prayers over all the sectors & the 5 Biblical principles
9) Thanksgiving & Praise 4 what God is doing in this nation!
10) Shofar Blast in Worship of Him
11) The Lord’s Prayer
12) Thank you for Praying with us

ECONOMY GATE – Christ is the OWNER of all Wealth, all Provision & SOVEREIGN in REIGN!

A. INTRODUCTION

WEEK 3 – 3 witnesses in Heaven & on earth that testifies WHO Christ is!

Christ came with His credentials well founded in who He is and therefore has given unquestionable evidence that He is Who He said He is!

He came forth from God & that He is the sole CREATOR, SOURCE & SUSTAINER of ALL of creation:

1Jn 5:6-8

Christ’s credentials, office, authority & mission by the witnesses in heaven & on earth:

(6) This is He who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not only by water, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.
(7) For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. (8) And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree as one.
2) Important points pertaining to “economy/wealth/God’s promises/…:

If we think of the “BUSINESS or ECONOMY GATE” many facets of that sphere come to mind;

Economy & business relates to trade, investment, money, wealth & riches, profit & loss, financial goals & planning, stakeholders & directors, employers & employees, clients & suppliers, financial institutions & debt, governmental and statutory laws, regulations, the trading floors & markets, and the graces & challenges surrounding all of the above.

But in all of this… business, economy & wealth is summed up in the Bible with one word –
“Stewardship”
We have been commissioned, ordained, equipped & anointed by God to be good stewards of that which He has entrusted to us.

“Stewardship is the use of God-given resources for the accomplishment of God-given goals.” Ron Blue
“Business leaders are increasingly the stewards of civilization.” Max L. Stackhouse

• Humanity was called to steward; – work, manage & protect the earth. (Gen2:15)
It all belongs to God, even the cattle on 1000 hills, the earth and all its wealth… it is all God’s. (Ps.24:1)

• To serve or do unto others – is another golden rule when it comes to financial stewardship and how we handle our financial obligations, the stewardship of possessions entrusted to us, resources (incl. finances) management & development, stewarding employees, co-workers, clients, and business acquaintances & paying our taxes, debtors, and service providers.

• Finance for God’s Purposes: – of great importance is our application of principles on stewarding, which is “finances for God directed purposes”.

Our FINANCES rise and fall on the principled application of 1st fruits, tithing, giving, sowing, alms & offerings, as well as our stance on praying for / blessing Israel.

• Therefore, how we steward finances, – resources & talents entrusted to us have a direct impact on our economy & the wealth deposited in the heavenly bank accounts of individuals & nations.

An important thing to remember is that we’re “making sense of making money, for making a difference.” Billy Epperhart

• God gives the strength to attain wealth: Before crossing into the Promised Land, Moses warned Israel not to take credit for their prosperity.”

“Then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ And you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.” (Deut8:17-18)

“The Christian’s perspective is eternal; the attitude is one of holding possessions lightly and the lifestyle is free from worry & anxiety.” Ron Blue: Master your Money.

Therefore, these principles all begin from the entry point of the way we handle our money & resources in the faith context. These principles are clearly laid out in the Scriptures:

  • The first fruit blessing (Deu 26:1-2, Pro 3:9-10), harvest/salary ownership & stewardship, tithes (Heb7:7-10), giving, sowing and offerings.
  • We mostly choose to interpret these biblical financial guidelines according to our own experience, preferences, personal belief system, culture, training and/or convictions.
  • It is each one’s responsibility to find out the truth and pursue to know God’s ways in this.
    Best is always to refer to what was meant by it, as God depicted it in the 2000 verses on finance in the Scriptures & how it was practiced by the Jews in Biblical times as well as in these current times.
The consequences of good or bad stewardship is seen and witnessed by all

Ecc 11:6
In the morning sow your seed, And in the evening do not withhold your hand; For you do not know which will prosper, Either this or that, Or whether both alike will be good.

Luk 16:8-13
(8) So the master commended the unjust steward because he had dealt shrewdly. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light….
(10) He who is faithful in what is least is faithful also in much; and he who is unjust in what is least is unjust also in much.
(13) You cannot serve God and mammon.”

  • Paul wrote here that believers should go and learn from the shrewdness of those in the “world’, how to work wisely with our money & wealth portfolios….
  • Reaping what you have sown is a divine law instituted by God that works on the righteous & unrighteous as with the law of gravity and His rain that will fall on both…

Unfortunately, most people, nations, corporate & individual entrepreneurs do not embrace these foundational Biblical principles due to various reasons. Regardless of those…. The result is evidential in all the decay in society all around us.

“The whole world suffers for its disregard of God’s laws on stewardship of the earth.”

Isa 24:4-5, 21
(4) The earth mourns and fades away; The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish.(5) The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. (21) It shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will punish on high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings of the earth.

B. PREPARATION GUIDELINES.
Please refer to preparation doc of Week 1– (PREP)

C. STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS :
Economy Gate – “Give us this day our daily bread”

1) Thanksgiving, Praise & Adoration: Jesus Christ our Provider, Creator & Giver of everything good !

2) Personal repentance: Any known sins, also especially re. finances

Forgive others. Repent of fear of lack & reject greed, covetousness, worldliness…

Mat 5:23-25
(23) Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, (24) leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. (25) Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are on the way with him, lest your adversary deliver you to the judge, the judge hand you over to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.

3) Take Communion – In remembrance of what our Lord & Savior had done for us – forgiveness of sins

4) Prayers for God’s Protection, Provision, Power, Presence & His Pre-eminence

Job1;10 &Hab 3:17-19
(17) 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— (18) Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (19) 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.

5) Identificational repentance – Economy/Business/Work of our hands

Because of disobedience, unbelief, and worldly idolatrous ways… Most people don’t live in God’s blessing of rest, therefore suffer the consequences of fear, anxiety, stress. Heb3:7-19,4:1-14

We repent therefore for:
a) Not honoring God’s Sabbath rest … habitually 1 day of rest, honors God’s command in principle…

To live in God’s Sabbath rest/It sustains our physical bodies with strength to work … as well as nature to bear fruit/harvest continually. Christ finished His work on earth, seated at the right hand of God, awaiting HIs 2nd coming.

Heb 10:12 this Man, after He had offered 1 sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God,

Gen2:2-3 And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Lev16:31 It is a sabbath of solemn rest for you, …is a statute forever.

Deu5:14 You shall do no work…. (All) may rest as well as you. (Ex35:2, Lev23:36, Jer17, Luk13:14)

Lev25:4 the 7th year…a sabbath to the LORD. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.

b) Not providing for the poor, elderly, orphans as God described – to be givers of something to these…

Deu24:19 “When you reap your harvest in your field, and forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Jas 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Eph4:28 Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need.

1Ti6:16-18…ready to give…to share.

c) Not doing or work “as unto God”, but falter in our commitment, zeal, effort, selfless-ness, SERVANT HOOD.

To have servant hearts, serving the purposes of God be established through our lives, daily living…

2Th3:10

(10) For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. (12) Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. (Isa43, Php2:12-14)

D) Not being an example of Christ to the world in our conduct at our vocations, business,…

1Th4:11-12

(11) that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your
own hands, as we commanded you,
(12) that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and that you may lack nothing.

E) Father, forgive us our unbelief; still doubting in you willingness to sustain us.

Allowing the spirit of mammon that breeds fear, anxiety, stress…, therefore discord & strife
After all you’ve done for us we know that Your goodness, faithfulness, mercies are new every morning. You are Yehovah Yireh.. God Who sees everything, knows what we need… always give sufficient by Your grace.

Mat6:32-34

(32) For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. (33) But seek first
the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. (34) Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.


Isa 55:1-3

(2) Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
(3) Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—The sure mercies of David.

F) Forgive us for harbouring all forms of greed, covetousness, jealousy…

Fear of lack, being status and/or image prone, insecure in what we are / have… trying to keep up with our peers…

Luk12:15 And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.”

G) For not seeking the kingdom first.

Allowing the needs, wants & desires of this life to take our focus of from the eternal, Kingdom purposes of God.

Mat6:33

But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, all these things shall be added to you.

Rom14:16-19

(17) for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. (18) For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men. (19) Therefore, let us pursue the things which make for peace and the things by which one may edify another.

6) Prayers over Economy/Business Gate of the abundance God’s promises… For this LAND where He has planted us – … for the NATION of S.A.

Jer 32:40-42

(40) And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. (41) Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land, with all My heart and with all My soul.’

a) Father, put again the “fear & awe of God” in the hearts of our leaders & people to return back to Your ways in handling the things, wealth & resources entrusted to us to mange for the goodwill of all in the nation.
b) Father, we come to bring every part of the economy, financial & business sector of this nation before You to ask FORGIVENESS for the lack of righteous stewardship, lack or responsibility, corruption, greed & lack of love… in how we as a nation handle our financial affairs…

Rom 8:18-21

(18) For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. (19) For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. (20) For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; (21) because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.

c) Father, the church today take responsibility for our part played in letting go of our responsibility to pray, serve & sustain this nasion in love like we should have… We pray to obtain Your inheritance…

Eph 1:7-11

(7) In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of His grace (8) which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and prudence, …
(11) In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will.

d) We pray for obedience to the laws of this nation to bring order, justice, safety, basic living rights…

Rom 13:5-7

(5) Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.
(6) For because of this you also pay taxes, (7) Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.

e) Forgive us our rebellion, self-will, stubbornness, self-righteous hearts & actions to our own detriment

Jer 6:10

To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the LORD is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

Jer 6:16-17

(16) Thus says the LORD: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ (17) Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

7) Prayers for our personal Work/Vocation/Finance Gate

Five biblical users for money:

1. Seed for the Sower (Tithe).

2. Bread for Eating (Consumption).

3. Multiplication of Seed for sowing (Sowing and Reaping).

4. Increasing your Fruits of Righteousness (Using money to free people from bondage).

5. Generosity (Giving).

Earl Pitts/Craig Hill: Wealth, Riches & Money

We Pray & ask for:

a) We ask forgiveness for robbing You; not tithing in storehouses to sustain the work of the Lord

Mal 3:7-14 (8) “Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed Me! …’ In tithes and offerings. (9) You are cursed with a curse, For you have robbed Me, Even this whole nation. (10) Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this,” “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it.
(11) “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” (12) all nations will call you blessed, For you will be a delightful land,” Says the LORD of hosts.

b) Blessings for the work of our hands: (Read Deut 28:1- 14 – Blessing for obedience)

Deu 28:12

The LORD will open to you His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand. You shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

Deu 8:1-3

(1) “Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers.
(2) to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.
(3) So He humbled you, …that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD.

c) We pray for wisdom, humility & faithfulness in handling our money, wealth, riches & resources:

Pro 13:10-11

(10) By pride comes nothing but strife, But with the well-advised is wisdom.
(11) Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, But he who gathers by labor will increase.

Mat 25:21 His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

d) To be faithful in our business, work, sowing, servanthood & stewardship of the resources God entrusted to us

Luk19:17 And he said to him, ‘Well done, good servant; because you were faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.’ (Matt25:14-15, 20-21, 27-29. Luk 19:13, 16-17, Luk 16:10)

d) Thank you Father, for “doing us GOOD”:

– as we have come under the everlasting covenant by being “grafted into the commonwealth of Israel” by faith in Jesus Christ, Your Son. (Eph2:12-14, Rom11:17).

• God wants us to be blessed, cheerful in the abundance of His goodness & grace:

Ecc 9:7-10

(7) Go, eat your bread with joy…(8) Let your garments always be white (white: joy, cheerful; clean, walk with God for you are worthy in Christ-Rev3:4), And let your head lack no oil, (Ps23:5). (9) Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun, all your days of vanity; for that is your portion in life, and in the labor which you perform under the sun.(10) Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might;…

Joh 10:10 …I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

e) God’s circle of blessing: Favor & Blessing to the next generations

– Ps25:12-132 Cor9:8-9 p158

• We pray for righteous parents/leaders to leave an inheritance to our children & the next generations.

Psa 25:12-14

(12) Who is the man that fears the LORD? Him shall He teach in the way He chooses.
(13) He himself shall dwell in prosperity, And his descendants shall inherit the earth.
(14) The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.

• Work for those who need jobs, to be able to live & have their being
Heb 6:7 For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

• A heart to bless, giving, sowing, integrity in doing good work to be released over this nation.

2Co 9:6-9

(6) He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
(7) So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, …for God loves a cheerful giver.
(8) And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
(9) As it is written: “HE HAS DISPERSED ABROAD, HE HAS GIVEN TO THE POOR; HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER.”

8) Prayers over all the SECTORS & the 5 Biblical principles

8.1 The Economic Sector classifications to pray for:

Primary business sectors in society (raw materials): exploiting natural resources: agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, forestry, mining, deposits, energy

Secondary sectors in business (manufacturing) : textile production, quarrying, car/aerospace & all transport and all other manufacturing, handicraft & construction. Manufacturing is an important activity in promoting economic growth and development.

Tertiary sectors in business (service industries involving people): trade, transport, distribution, sale of goods produced, communication, banking, education, health, tourism, services, insurance etc

Quaternary sector in the economic sector involves providing specialized knowledge to others: Service delivery that includes higher education & expertise, eg. Technology professionals, stockbrokers & product developers.

Quinary sector in economy ( to serve the public good): universities, healthcare government officials, top executives of large corporations, research scientists, police, fire department, military, non-profit organizations/charities, nursing homes, childcare & housekeeping. (studymarter.co.uk – economic sectors)

8.2 The following five biblical principles forms a biblical foundation for business.

They are from the first five books of the Old Testament (known as the Pentateuch), and they give us insight into the financial mindset of the Jewish people:

1. Participation in the Creative Process—Working together with God to do what He wants to do in the earth, the way Adam tended to the garden of Eden (Gen. 2:15).

2. Protection of Private Property—Giving people the opportunity to own property, resources, or assets (Gen 13:15, Ex. 6:8, Deut. 1:8, Is. 61:4).

3. The Accumulation of Wealth (a Virtue)—Honoring and finding virtue in partnering with God to accumulate wealth, not mistaking poverty as noble (Deut. 8:18, Ps. 90:17).

4. Caring for the Needy;—Helping those in need, including both charitable giving and empowering the poor to come out of poverty on their own (Deut. 15:11, Matt. 26:11).

5. Limited Government—Allowing everyone to have the opportunity to prosper through limited government involvement and protection of private property.

I also like to connect the Hebrew concept known as “tikkun olam”, which means “repairing or perfecting the world,” with the Lord’s Prayer, “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10).

In the end, it all comes down to building wealth with God so you can be an even greater blessing to others, not so you can use it for selfish purposes.
Money Mastery, Author: Billy Epperhart. Billy Epperhart, CEO, Andrew Wormack ministries.

An important thing to remember is that we’re “making sense of making money, for making a difference.”

9) Thanksgiving & Praise

10) The Lord’s Prayer

11) Shofar Blast to declare His Pre-eminence & Sovereign Reign!

We profess His Goodness & Glory, and Faithfulness over all ! One day every knee will bow & every tongue will confess that Christ is The Lord!

12) THANK YOU for Praying with us.

2Th 2:16-17
(16) Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace,
(17) comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

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37. The COMMUNION Table

Each one of us needs to receive our own revelation & understanding of what Christ did for us on the Cross.
WHAT a privilege then to gather together around the Communion Table to allow the Holy Spirit to minister to us.

WE NEED TO CHANGE

AS YOU COME to the Communion TABLE… something in you need to CHANGE.
• Something in us needs to CHANGE and BREAK, that something can BREAK-THROUGH.

IF NOT – this can MOST LIKELY just become another ritual in our lives.

THE ELEMENTS on the Communion Table

ON this TABLE THERE ARE 3 MAIN ELEMENTS
• THE BREAD represents Christ’s BODY broken…
• THE WINE / GRAPE-SAP represents His Life & His BLOOD shed for us:
• THE CROSS is AN ALTAR – representing A PLACE for the atonement work of Christ,
a place of TRANSITION.

THE EXCHANGE at the Communion Table

THIS TABLE also SPEAKS of an ANCHOR-POINT of EXCHANGE!!
• You bring your STUFF – put it on the table.
• We bring our brokenness, disappointment, hurt, fears, challenges, flaws… our sins. We bring our needs, sicknesses and failures… and lay it down…

• In EXCHANGE we pick up the bread & the wine, the symbols of the victorious Christ… We EAT the elements. It becomes PART OF US as He now becomes part of our life.


Isa 53 :4-5

“4 Surely He has BORNE our griefs And carried our sorrows; …
5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.”

Bible NKJV

PERSONALIZE THE CROSS

• As we REMEMBER Christ ; we ALSO come quickly to REPENT of sins… we FORGIVE passionately… & GET RID of every hindrance!!
• We come with HUMBLE, penitent hearts.
• What happens here is not a ritual, a custom or religious action… IT is real!!
• WE do not only come to RECEIVE – BUT ALSO to ACCEPT it BY FAITH.
• You have to PERSONALIZE the Cross for your own life… making this experience at the Communion Table real to your personal life…

THE BREAD

THE BREAD SPEAKS of His Body – BROKEN, BRUISED, BEATEN
• We bring our BROKENNESS and LET GO… to receive something new from Him…
• We RECEIVE His WHOLENESS in exchanged for our failures & distresses.
• NOW we can step into RESTORATION by ACCEPTING His GIFT by FAITH.

THE BLOOD

THE BLOOD SPEAKS of LIFE, Forgiveness, Redemption, HIS Righteousness. It ANSWERS all the accusations of the evil one !!!


In Lev 17:11 it is written:
“For the LIFE of the flesh is in the blood, and I (God) have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls.”

Bible NKJV

THE ALTAR – THE CROSS


• IN the O.T., the Blood of sacrifice – slaughtered, had to be sprinkled on the ALTAR…
• If there was no blood shed – there was no atonement.
• On the Via de la Rosa – the way to the Cross, and on the Cross itself, Christ’s Blood was TOSSED, SPRINKLED, SCATTERED and DISPERSED all over….
• It was done as God prescribed it… even in this extreme, harshest way.
• God knew how DESTRUCTIVE the sins of this world would become.
• God knew how much DEVASTATION our sins will cause to our lives…
• Therefore the punishment was so severe… the ULTIMATE PRICE had to be paid FOR us.

AS YOU PARTAKE of COMMUNION

AS you COME… I want to ENCOURAGE you to…
• ALLOW Him to touch, cleanse, heal you, set you free & bring you PEACE.
• ASK God to wash you with His Blood: “GOD WASH me WHOLE with Your Blood”

Something needs to happen here … and so every time and when-ever we draw near to GOD…
Christ said “IT is FINISHED” ; THIS IS IT… this is all you need!

COMMUNION – GOD’S LOVE FOR YOU DISPLAYED

The COMMUNION Table is the heightened symbol or display of God’s LOVE.
• This is the EPITOME of WHO GOD IS and WHAT CHRIST did TO establish us into the NEW COVENANT with the Father.
• A COVENANT of an ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP with the ONLY TUE God that is real in your life RIGHT NOW, TODAY.

• CHRIST is standing here… with His arms open wide:
“My Child…The Father LOVES you… the SON… and the Holy Spirit LOVES you.”

CONCLUSION on my contemplation at The Communion Table

As you leave here today… receive and take hold of His Blood that speaks life to you & KNOW that Christ’s BLOOD WILL help you to overcome!

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35. BEING SET APART / CONSECRATED / SANCTIFIED

We are being set apart, consecrated and sanctified:-

1. Firstly by HIS EXTREME LOVE for US

IN this blog we are doing a brief study from scripture on the principles of being set apart, consecrated and sanctified. If we look at PALAH, the Hebrew word for being “set apart” the following descriptions are linked to this word. PALAH stands for ‘to be distinguished’, ‘to be shown to be marvelous’, ‘to be separated’, ‘severed’ and ‘to be made wonderfully‘.

Luk 15:7

(7)  I say to you that likewise there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance.

Luk 15:21-24

(21)  And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.’

(22)  “But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe(anointing) and put it on him, and put a ring(covenant) on his hand and sandals(calling) on his feet.

(23)  And bring the fatted calf(abundant provision) here and kill it (by Christ’s sacrifice), and let us eat and be merry(joy of the Lord-our strength);

(24)  for this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost(destroyed, perish, marred, die) and is found(find, get, obtain, perceive, see).’ And they began to be merry.

2Ch 16:9 

For the eyes of the LORD run to and for throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal(full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect, quiet, whole, complete) to Him.

2. WE ARE SET APART TO FULFILL GOD’S PURPOSES AND PLAN; TO UNITE IN HIS PURPOSE

Psa 4:3  But know that the LORD has set apart (PALAH; to distinguish, show to be marvelous, separate, sever, make wonderfully) for Himself him who is godly; The LORD will hear when I call to Him.

Exo 28:3  So you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate (KAWDASH; to be/pronounced/observed to be clean, purify, sanctify, keep holy, proclaim) him, that he may minister to Me as priest.

Jer 29:11-14

(11)  For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of PEACE (well, safe, happy, friendly, favor, prosperity, safe at mind, full, wholly, welfare, rest, health, perfect, salute) and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

(12)  Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

(13)  And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.

(14)  I will be found by you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

Php 1:6  being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; 

Php 1:10-11

(10)  that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ,

(11)  being filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

3. WE ARE SET APART TO MINISTER UNTO THE LORD

WE come to the Lord to offer a sacrifice on the altar by fire. The offering we bring to the altar is ourselves. We are called by the Lord to bring ourselves as a living sacrifice. This means that we lay down our lives and this presents a sweet smell to the Lord. As the bread is pleasing to our pallets, just the same is our consecration a sweet smell to our Father.

Exo 28:41  So you shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him. You shall anoint them, consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

Lev 20:7  Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

Lev 21:6  They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy. 

Lev 21:8  Therefore you shall consecrate him, for he offers the bread of your God. He shall be holy to you, for I the LORD, who sanctify you, am holy.

John Gill: “and the bread of their God do they offer; the shew-bread, which they set every week before the Lord on the shew-bread table, …, the “minchah”, which they continually offered along with the sacrifices: or the word “and”, being a supplement, may be left out; and so this clause is put by way of apposition, and as interpreting the fire offering to be the bread of their God, which being wholly burnt on the altar, and devoted to God, was his meat and food, and accepted by him, see Lev 3:11,” FOOD:(battle, overcome, make war, prevail)

Therefore they shall be holy; separate from all others, and abstain from all impurity both of flesh and spirit, from all uncleanness, moral and ceremonial; it being highly fit and proper that the bread of God should be offered by holy persons.

But God would not permit the blood, that made atonement, to be used as a common thing (Heb 10:29), nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to assume to ourselves any share in the honor of making it. He that glories, let him glory in the Lord, and to his praise let all the blood be poured out.

John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lev 3:16 the priest shall burn them on the altar as food, offered by fire, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance. All the fat is the Lord’s.

1Ch 15:12  He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark ( presence) of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

4. WE ARE SET APART TO PURIFY AND CONSECRATE ONE SELF

IN YOUR WOUNDEDNESS and AFFLICTION / SICKNESS & DISEASE

– An example of being set apart, consecration and sanctification is when A BABY BOY is being circumcised on the eight day

– A LADY AFTER CHILDBIRTH and IMPURITY has to sanctify herself

Exo 13:2  “Consecrate to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”

Exo 19:10  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes.

Jos 7:13  Get up, sanctify the people, and say, ‘Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the LORD God of Israel: “There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.

5. WE ARE SET APART AND CONSECRATED FOR WAR AND AT SPECIAL OCCASIONS

Jdg 7:5  So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, “Everyone who laps from the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, you shall set apart by himself; likewise everyone who gets down on his knees to drink.

Joe 2:13-17 

13 So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. 

14  Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him—A grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God? 

15  Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; 

16  Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room. 

17  Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, “Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not give Your heritage to reproach, That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ” 

Mic 4:13  “Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; For I will make your horn iron, And I will make your hooves bronze; You shall beat in pieces many peoples; I will consecrate their gain to the LORD, And their substance to the Lord of the whole earth.”

Jos 3:5  And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

New King James Bible

6. GOD SANCTIFIES HIS OWN NAME and SETS US APART FOR HIS NAMES’ SAKE

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

Eze 36:22-27

22  “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 

23  And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD,” says the Lord GOD, “when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. 

24  For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. 

25  Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. 

26  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 

27  I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will keep My judgments and do them. 

7. JESUS’S PRAYER TO THE FATHER TO SANCTIFY US – FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MINISTER & LIVE BY HIM; WHO IS THE TRUTH

Joh 17:17-19

(17)  Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.

(18)  As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.

(19)  And for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Heb 10:29 Welcomed into His presence by the Blood

(29)  Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

8. WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO START FULFILLING OUR LIFE’S PURPOSE BY LOVING GOD FIRST & OURSELVES IN ORDER THAT WE CAN LOVE OTHERS

Mat 22:37-40

(37)  Jesus said to him, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’

(38)  This is the first and great commandment.

(39)  And the second is like it: ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’

(40)  On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.”

9. WE ARE SET APART IN OUR OWN ‘DYING TO SELF’; TO RISE UP THROUGH REBIRTH IN FAITH UNTO LIFE

1Th 5:23  Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Heb 13:12-14

(12)  Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside the gate.

(13)  Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

(14)  For here we have no continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

10. WE ARE SET APART IN OUR DAILY MISSION

GO AND DO WHAT GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO DO TODAY. ONLY YOU CAN PERFORM THAT TASK

HEBREWS 13:15-16

(15)  Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.

(16)  But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

:20-21

(20)  Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

(21)  make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

:19-24

(19)  Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus,

(20)  by a new and living way which He consecrated for us, through the veil, that is, His flesh, (21)  and having a High Priest over the house of God,

(22)  let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

(23)  Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

(24)  And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.

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33. LIVING AMONGST the LIVING

Upper Room Fellowship – Wednesday 02 FEB 2022

THE DEPTH of JESUS BLOOD – 1

1. HIS CONQUERING BLOOD ASSURES US RESURRECTION LIFE – That is to live an enfused SPIRIT-LED LIFE

LIVING AMONGST THE LIVING

IF….

IF LOVE covers a multitude of sins and …. and GOD IS LOVE – which HE IS!!!

If His MERCIES are NEW every morning… enabling us then to receive our Healing, Wisdom, Strength, Hope, Faith, Grace…. for each New Day afresh…

If the WORD is the TRUTH and ALIVE IN US…

2Jn 1:2
(2) Because of the Truth which lives and stays on in our hearts and will be with us forever:

IF….

If THANKSGIVING is the KEY to ENTER the Gates of His kingdom…

Psa 100:4 Enter into His gates with THANKSGIVING, And into His courts with PRAISE. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.

If PRAISE gives me the AUTHORITY to stand in His Courts to execute His Will…

2Co 4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

If GRACE abounds where sin increases… for us to be SAVED from Utter destruction BY GRACE….

Rom 5:20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more,

THEN SURELY HIS BLOOD has then…:

COMPLETED the UTMOST QUEST for LIFE!!!


Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

  • His Blood ANSWERED all the accusations
  • It reaches the deepest deep
  • It Satisfies all the charges that the enemy can ever bring into the courts against us
  • It places us in an unassailable bond with the Father

1Sa 12:24 Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you.

  • It provides All provision needed to live this live IN Full, To His Glory!

2Co9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

HIS Blood has power to cover the most adverse of situations, sins, losses, failures, difficulties, trials, challenges… in people’s lives

HIS CONQUERING BLOOD ASSURES US RESURRECTION LIFE

Mar 5:41 Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, “Talitha, cumi,” which is translated, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.”
Luk 8:54 …took her by the hand and called, saying, “Little girl, arise.”

ARISE CUMI – Hebrew H6965 qûm koom
A primitive root; to rise : – abide, accomplish, confirm, continue, decree, endure, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, ordain, perform, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure (-ly), (be) up (-hold, -rising).

ARISE – Greek G1453 egeirō eg-i’-ro
collecting one’s faculties; to waken, that is, rouse (literally from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence): – awake, lift (up), raise (again, up), rear up, (a-) rise (again, up), stand, take up.

IT TRANSFORMS the LOWEST LOW to the HIGHEST HIGH

Rev 1:18 And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades.

IT CONQUERS THE DARKEST DARK –
Those who are hell-bound, sickness stricken can say

Isa 61:1 “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon Me, Because the LORD has anointed Me To preach good tidings to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the broken-hearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives, And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;

IT REVERSE & REBUILD, IT STRENGTHEN

Jer 33:7-8
(7) And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to be reversed and will rebuild them as they were at first.
(8) And I will cleanse them from all the guilt and iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their guilt and iniquities by which they have sinned and rebelled against Me.

IT CURES 12 years of unnecessary blood flow

Luk 8:43-48
(43) And a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed by anyone,
(44) Came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her flow of blood ceased.
(45) And Jesus said, Who is it who touched Me? When all were denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the multitudes surround You and press You on every side!
(46) But Jesus said, Someone did touch Me; for I perceived that [healing] power has gone forth from Me.

Christ knows when you draw near & trust Him; when you make Him your ONLY HELP to do something for you

(47) And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came up trembling, and, falling down before Him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched Him and how she had been instantly cured.
(48) And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your confidence and trust in Me) has made you well! Go (enter) into peace (untroubled, undisturbed well-being).

IT REMOVES THE BLINDNESS OF SIN ( mud) from our eyes

  • Nehemiah petitions God

Neh 1:6 please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father’s house and I have sinned.

  • Our OWN STATE of Blindness (LACK of REVELATION)

Eph 4:18-22
(18) Their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded. [They are] alienated (estranged, self-banished) from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the ignorance (the want of knowledge and perception, the willful blindness) that is deep-seated in them, due to their hardness of heart [to the insensitiveness of their moral nature].
(19) In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves [a prey] to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity [that their depraved desires may suggest and demand].
(20) But you did not so learn Christ!
(21) Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as [all] Truth is in Jesus [embodied and personified in Him],
(22) Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion;

ARISE!!!

THE VICTORIOUS BLOOD of the LAMB ENCOURAGES US TO ARISE

2. WHY DO YOU LOOK FOR THE LIVING AMONG DEAD?

Luk 24:1-7
(1) BUT ON the first day of the week, at early dawn, [the women] went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had made ready.
(2) And they found the stone rolled back from the tomb,
(3) But when they went inside, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
(4) And while they were perplexed and wondering what to do about this, behold, two men in dazzling raiment suddenly stood beside them.
(5) And as [the women] were frightened and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them,
Why do you look for the living among [those who are] dead?

(6) He is not here, but has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee
(7) That the Son of Man must be given over into the hands of sinful men (men whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God) and be crucified and on the third day rise [from death]. [Psa_16:10]

JESUS IS ASKING….

Why do we look for HIM among things that are worthless, stresssing about the things mortal and callous – (without the heart of God) – try to fill your lives with frivolity (superficial) & feeble things…

Why do you labour so hard at things of the spirit that is not spirit led…???

Why do you look for Christ – to experience Christ – amongst the things, programs, entertainment, pleasure, religious activities, things naturally discerned and seen or that is of the world…???

PRAYER TIME :

SHOW US LORD the things that we are wasting our time, energy, resources, talents, that is steering us away from your REAL PURPOSE for our lives
• Personally
• Church life
• Society
• Relationships
• Careers

FOR HIS BLOOD LEAD US TO OVERCOME

Rev 12:11 And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing].