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February 2017

You've Got Mail

Matthew 3: 1-2

In those days, John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!"

It is time to see something else. The message of John the Baptist, the message of repentance was as much a message of renewed sight as it was of change.

The Invitation

You are hereby invited to change your perspective. You are invited to join the process of repentance that allows you to enjoy the benefits of the Kingdom of God

NOW!!

Too often repentance is equated with sin and turning from sin to righteousness; without embracing the larger concept of repentance which is related to change of thought, sight and self-help to something much broader.

John's message is and was about a greater, superior reality; the reality of the Kingdom of God being available not in the hereafter; but here and now!

To repent means to change your way of thinking. Why? The kingdom of heaven is at hand and this kingdom has a totally different reality than the one you have been living in.

This new reality can only become yours if you change your way of thinking, your way of perception.

Repentance is a process of thought that is intended to create a vision of a new reality. It is the process Paul alludes to in Romans 12: "Be transformed by the renewing of your mind." The renewal Paul is inviting us into is the ability to see the greater, the ability to see the Kingdom of God in manifestation.

If you do not repent, you will only see what you have always been seeing.

Repentance is the call of the Spirit of the Lord upon the heart of the believer to move from one state to another. We are not simply to stop thinking what we once thought, we must begin thinking from a realm we have never thought from before.

Hebrews 6:1

Therefore, leaving the discussion of the elementary principles of Christ, let us go on to perfection, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God...
 

We are living in a time that is full of invitations to see something more, something greater. It is the season of acceleration of the acquisition of promises made by our Father. Heaven is inviting to us to see the Kingdom, to see the reality of what is truly ours.

But not only are we being invited to see the Kingdom; we are being given the path to get there.

This path is called FAITH and is accessed by being born again.

John 3:3

There was a man of the Pharisee sect, Nicodemus, a prominent leader among the Jews. 2Late one night he visited Jesus and said, "Rabbi, we all know you're a teacher straight from God. No one could do all the God-pointing, God-revealing acts you do if God weren't in on it." 

3Jesus said, "You're absolutely right. Take it from me: Unless a person is born from above, it's not possible to see what I'm pointing to-to God's kingdom." (TMB)

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It's Time to Prosper

he Apostle's Pen

January 2017

"It's Time to Prosper"

Psalm 35:27

Let them shout for joy and be glad,

Who favor my righteous cause;

And let them say continually,

"Let the Lord be magnified,

Who has pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."

Prosperity is not an acquisition as much as it is a mindset. It is time for us to receive the intention of God for our lives. It is time to prosper.

Psalms 35:27 reminds us: "God takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant."  

God does not want you poor, He does not want you to lack in any area. He wants you to prosper!

In this year of 5777, we must align ourselves with a prosperity mindset.

Did you know that miracles happen every day, but people often miss their miracle because they fail to allow their miracle to come forth through their language?

The times we are living in are conducive for miracles. Change is all around us, but we have the power to decide our type of change.

If you are sick and tired of lack; if you are ready to move into the financial prosperity that you are ordained for, then it's time to decree with fresh authority: 'The Lord takes pleasure in my prosperity.'

The war against poverty and lack begin on the battlefield of the mind. Change your mind, change your status.

This is the time of prospering. Declare it because it has already been decreed.

Psalm 2:7

"I will declare the decree

      The Lord has said to Me.

Every word, promise, dream, perception given to you by Father God gives your declaration its power and its authority. It is time to write a new chapter in your story, a story of more than enough, a story of prosperity and blessing.

It is time to the declare the decree and then command the heavens and the earth to release your goods. Prosperity is your right; it is your inheritance.

We have entered one of the greatest seasons for the miraculous. The entire world is at a tipping point for change. World governments, global economies & corporate business will all have a new look in the days ahead. As the world turns, so should you.

Turn from lack and less toward more than enough. Turn from poverty to prosperity, turn from needing to blessing.

It's time for You to prosper!!

Don't let your mind wander to any reason why you shouldn't prosper. We are in a miracle season. The prosperity that is available to us has nothing to do with our worthiness but with the pleasure of our Father.

God takes pleasure in our prosperity!!!

Your action plan:

Look at scriptures that open a prosperity mindset to you. Make them personal. Then declare them in the atmosphere.

Find prophecies spoken over you regarding your financial future. It doesn't matter if they were spoken last year or twenty years ago. God's word does not return to Him void...

Listen for instructions from heaven on how to access your prosperity NOW!!

Obey...

Prosperity miracles are circling, looking for a landing place. Give them your address

Purpose

You were created on purpose for PURPOSE!

Nothing about you is accidental. Not the color of your eyes, your skin tone, your culture, your family background, nothing. Not even the path you took to get to Now was accidental. Your path, although filled with swerves, curves, pitfalls and missteps are all points on a timeline with an arrow pointing forward, bringing you to this moment, this now.

This is your moment. It doesn't matter whether you have finished a career or starting a new one. It doesn't matter if you've arrived at a season of retiring or of recovery. What matters is that you are here now and that you are present; what matters is the realization of the power of this moment to move forward into your now. What matters is that you understand that the paths you have taken until now, all lead to now.

In the scriptures we are told: "The plans I have for you are good, says the Lord, plans not to harm you, but to give you a future and a hope, to give you an expected end."

The understanding of the plans of God allows you the freedom to walk different paths to get to the path of purpose. God is not limited by the choices you make. His purposed is not stymied by your varied paths. He is the author of course-correction and realignment.

Your time has come, it is your season to become the original you! 

Purpose is not something you live with, it is the place you live from. It is the defining of your life's motivation. It is the why to your what.
Webster defines purpose as: the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists.

There is a reason for your life, for your now. There is a reason the accident you were in didn't take your life. There is a reason you recovered from cancer. There is a reason You are still here.

There is also a reason you are retired now; a reason you have the experiences and skills you possess.

Your life has purpose and God has come to call that purpose into the now.

As was told the colt owner in the New Testament when Jesus was preparing for what is know as "The Last Supper"; the Lord has need of the colt. I have come today to declare to you: The Lord has need of you! You were created on purpose for purpose and your time is now!

Prophetic Alignment

Prophetic Alignment

We are about to see the surpassing greatness of His power that works mighty within us, manifesting outward (Eph. 1:19-20). How long will this power be operating and building inside us?

It is God who is working within us both do will and do His good pleasure (Phil 2:12-13).

At some point it has to manifest. At some point it has to find its place of expression. “Out of your innermost being will flow rivers of living water. But He spoke of the Holy Spirit who was yet to come…” (John 7:38-39).

 
“God will do nothing except He reveal it to His servants the prophets.
Amos 4:6
More than any other season in history, we the people of God must pray as the Apostle Paul in Ephesians, “Lord fill us with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.”
The wisdom of God is crying out to us one word: ALIGNMENT.
How we respond to God’s call for alignment to His purpose will make all the difference in the years that are in front of us.
The call to alignment may seem like a buzzword to some, but it is in reality, the heart of the Father that He may bring to pass His purpose in the earth.  The Holy Spirit is calling us to align ourselves with the agenda of heaven. He knows that the plans He has for us and for His Kingdom will not come to pass unless we are one with them.
“Come Kingdom of God, be done will of God, on earth as it is in heaven.
 Alignment creates an agreement with destiny and with God’s plans for the future. Alignment always moves us from a focus on ourselves to a focus on God’s intentions. What God wants reigns preeminent in the hearts of people when they are properly aligned.
   Alignment is defined as: the positioning of something for proper performance; a ground plan; support or alliance; correct place
The Church and the “called-out ones” must come into her correct place; she must become one with the Father even as the Son is one with Him.
How can the body be different from the head?   We must become who God has called us to be and we cannot do that without His prophetic voice being heard.
   By aligning ourselves with the prophecies spoken over us we are able to have a greater sphere of influence both on earth and in the heavenlies.
We must receive with greater value and enthusiasm the prophetic word being declared by the Spirit of God.  The Word of the Lord comes to bring us into new places where the glory of the Lord can manifest, His kingdom can come, and His will executed in the earth realm.
The prophetic word is powerful. That is why Paul admonished Timothy to wage a good warfare over the prophecies spoken over him.
“This charge I commit to you, son, Timothy, according to the prophecies made concerning you, that by them you may wage the good warfare”. 1st Timothy 1:18
When God speaks prophetically He:

1. Calls those things that be not as though they are
2. Creates in the now what was in the future
3. Sets the course for your expected end

• Once you align yourself to the prophecy of God, an arena is created that allows what God has said to come to pass.

• Prophetic alignment also brings you into a new spiritual position. It is in this place of alignment that you begin to occupy space in the spirit as never before.

• Prophetic alignment also releases changes in times and seasons; the prophetic pronouncement breaks cycles you have been wondering in for years.

• Prophetic alignment moves you from a chronos schedule to a Kairos one. You move into appointed times.

• Prophetic alignment creates fresh levels of passion, fresh intensity of purpose, new mentalities and new realities.

When you walk in alignment with God’s prophesy over your life all creation responds to that alignment creating new possibilities and opportunities for God’s plans to come to pass.
  By repositioning your life with the word of God and His intentions, you will cause a fresh migration toward the fulfillment of the will of God to come to pass and release a fresh hunger in those around you for His Presence.