How the Father Loves

1 John 3:1 (NIV)  How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! …

 

“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” ― A.W. Tozer.

 

He loves us:

1. Unconditionally

Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Psalm 103:13-14 (NLT)  The LORD is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.  For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Psalm 103:14 He knows us inside and out, keeps in mind that we’re made of mud. Msg(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. With Vision

Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)  For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Romans 8:29 (MSG)  God knew what he was doing from the very beginning. He decided from the outset to shape the lives of those who love him along the same lines as the life of his Son. The Son stands first in the line of humanity he restored. We see the original and intended shape of our lives there in him.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Hebrews 12:6 (MSG)  It’s the child he loves that he disciplines; the child he embraces, he also corrects.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. Faithfully

Romans 8:39 (NLT)  No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Jeremiah 31:3 (NLT)  Long ago the LORD said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Jeremiah 31:3 (MSG)  … “I’ve never quit loving you and never will. Expect love, love, and more love! (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

4. Redemptively

Luke 15:20 (NLT)  “So he returned home to his father. And his father saw him coming. Filled with love and compassion, he ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him. (MULTILINE)

 

Luke 5:1-11 (NIV)

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, “Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.” Simon answered, “Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.” When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. So they signaled their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees and said, “Go away from me, Lord; I am a sinful man!” For he and all his companions were astonished at the catch of fish they had taken, and so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Simon’s partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, “Don’t be afraid; from now on you will fish for people.” So they pulled their boats up on shore, left everything and followed him. (MULTILINE)

  1. Your failure didn’t disqualify you. It positioned you. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
  2. “Because You say so,” we can be obedient in moments of doubt. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
  3. Encounter with Christ produces humility -> Humility opens the door to purpose.  (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)
  4. The miracle was always about the mission: reaching people! (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

What does fishing for people look like practically? (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. You have to go where the fish are. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. You need the right equipment. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. You need the right approach. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

4. You may fish in the same spot and come up empty and then Jesus says “Try again.” (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

 

Ephesians 2:10 NLT

For we are God’s . He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1 Corinthians 3:9 NIV

For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Our Problem: The

Our Invitation: To with Him for transformation.(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

The Divine-Human Partnership for Transformation

James 4:7 NIV
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you…

Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Your Part:

Yield. Submitting your will

Purify. Flee sin.

Seek the Lord.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

God’s Part:

Empowering Grace.

Sanctifying holiness.

Revealing Himself.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Our Problem: The .

Our Invitation: To with Him for transformation.

Our Classroom: The around us.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Three Qualities God Wants to Grow in You

Humility – Thinking of yourself less.

Patience – Thinking of your time less.

Forgiveness – Thinking of your rights less.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Ephesians 4:22-24 NIV
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Put off

Put on(MULTILINE)

What is Marriage

1. Marriage is .

Ephesians 5:31-32 NIV
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.” This is a —but I am talking about Christ and the church.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. Marriage is .

  • The world calls marriage a .
  • God calls marriage a .(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Matthew 19:5-6
 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together,

(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Exodus 34: 6-7

The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness. I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generation. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

When marriage is a , love is .
When marriage is , love is .

(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. Marriage is

Sacrament: An outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The Many Graces of Marriage

  • Marriage Delivers Sanctifying Grace
  • Marriage Delivers Covenantal Security
  • Marriage Delivers Embodied Forgiveness
  • Marriage Delivers Self-Sacrificing Love

(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

4. Marriage is .

“What if God designed marriage to make us holy more than to make us happy?”

– Gary Thomas

(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Ephesians 5:25-28 NIV
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Ephesians 5:29 NIV
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies.

(MULTILINE)

 

Designed for Relationship

God who exists in , created you for .

Genesis 2:18 NLT
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The Power of Relationships(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 NLT
Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The of your relationships shapes the of your life.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Proverbs 13:20 NLT  Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Reframing Friendship & Singleness(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

What Do We Do With This?(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

1. Your Relationships

2. Build Friendships

3. Commit to God-Honoring

(MULTILINE)

A Kingdom that Advances

Psalm 84:5-7 NIV
Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage. As they pass through the Valley of Baka they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. They go from strength to strength, till each appears before God in Zion.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

The Kingdom is like:

  1. A Mustard Seed(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Matthew 13:31-32: NIV

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”

  • We serve an

(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Matthew 19:23-28: NIV

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.  Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.” When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, “Who then can be saved?” Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Peter answered him, “We have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, at the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first. (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. Leaven/Yeast

Matthew 13:33- NIV  He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

  • We serve a

 

3. A Great Banquet (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Luke 14: 15-23: NIV

    When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.” Jesus replied: “A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests. At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’ “But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, ‘I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.’ “Another said, ‘I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I’m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.’  “Still another said, ‘I just got married, so I can’t come.’  “The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.’  “‘Sir,’ the servant said, ‘what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.’ “Then the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full. I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.’” (MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • We serve a

    (MULTILINE)

     

    A Tale of Two Churches: Jerusalem and Antioch

    Psalm 84:6

    • The Church of Jerusalem (Acts 1-6)(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Acts 2 NIV

    When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

    Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.  The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

    With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about were added to their number that day.

    They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles. All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts,  praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.(MULTILINE)

    Hallmarks of Jerusalem

    • Power Encounter
    • Rooted in the Word
    • Persistent in Prayer
    • Regular gathering
    • Radically generous
    • Supernaturally Fueled(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Acts 8:1 (NIV)
     On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • The Church of Antioch (Acts 11–13)

    Acts 11:19-21 (NIV)
    Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that broke out when Stephen was killed traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, spreading the word only among Jews. Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. The Lord’s hand was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Acts 13:1-3 NIV
    Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    The Design of an Advancing Church

    1. An Advancing Church Is

    Acts 13:2–3 (NIV)
     While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting… the Holy Spirit said…(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    2. An Advancing Church Is a place of .

    Acts 13:1 (NIV)
     Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas… Simeon called Niger… Lucius of Cyrene… Manaen… and Saul.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    3. An Advancing Church Is radically and .

    Acts 11:29–30 (NIV)
     The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help… This they did…(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    4. An Advancing Church Is a church.

    Acts 13:3 (NIV)
     So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    (MULTILINE)

     

    What Do You See?

     

    Genesis 15:1-7 NKJV “After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

    2 But Abram said, “Lord God, what will You give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?” 3 Then Abram said, “, You have given me no offspring; indeed one born in my house is my heir!”

    4 And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, “This one shall not be your heir, but one who will come from your own body shall be your heir.” 5 Then He brought him outside and said, “ now toward heaven, and count the stars if you are able to number them.” And He said to him, “So shall your descendants be.”

    6 And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.

    7 Then He said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Hebrews 11:1-3 NKJV “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    3 By faith we understand that the worlds were , so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    The essence of vision is the answer to the question: What do you see?(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Our “Tent”

    1. Our “tent” is our reality now.
    2. Our reality must be ruled by faith.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    3 Keys to Vision

    1. Get out of your – “Then He brought him outside…”
    2. Get a prophetic – “Look now toward heaven…”
    3. Put your faith in the , not the – “And he believed in the Lord…”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    “By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God…”

    Heb. 11:3 NKJV

    (MULTILINE)

    Re-Digging the Wells

    Genesis 21:22–33 NKJV

    And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech and Phichol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, “God is with you in all that you do.

    Now therefore, swear to me by God that you will not deal falsely with me, with my offspring, or with my posterity; but that according to the kindness that I have done to you, you will do to me and to the land in which you have dwelt.”

    And Abraham said, “I will swear.”

    Then Abraham rebuked Abimelech because of a well of water which Abimelech’s servants had seized.

    And Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor had I heard of it until today.”

    So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant.

    And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.

    Then Abimelech asked Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves?”

    And he said, “You will take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that they may be my witness that I have dug this well.”

    Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

    Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba. So Abimelech rose with Phichol, the commander of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

    Then Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God.(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

    The Significance of Wells(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    1. Wells were life-source places.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    2. Wells were gathering places.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    3. Wells were strategic places.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    4. The significance of Abraham’s well.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • The enemy tries to hinder Abraham by seizing the well.

    • Abraham pays the price of seven lambs for the well – the well is ours because of the price paid by the Lamb.

    • Abraham planted a tamarisk tree there – a symbol of the Tree of Life and the life-giving ministry of the well.

    • Abraham called on the name of the Lord, the Everlasting God – the well is a place of worship and relationship with God.(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

    Genesis 26:1–5 NKJV

    There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, in Gerar.

    Then the Lord appeared to him and said: “Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I shall tell you.

    Dwell in this land, and I will be with you and bless you; for to you and your descendants I give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

    And I will make your descendants multiply as the stars of heaven; I will give to your descendants all these lands; and in your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed;

    because Abraham obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”(MULTILINE REVEAL SMALL)

    Genesis 26:12–33 NKJV

    Then Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year a hundredfold; and the Lord blessed him.

    The man began to prosper, and continued prospering until he became very prosperous;

    for he had possessions of flocks and possessions of herds and a great number of servants. So the Philistines envied him.

    Now the Philistines had stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, and they had filled them with earth.

    And Abimelech said to Isaac, “Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we.”

    Then Isaac departed from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.

    And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them.

    Also Isaac’s servants dug in the valley, and found a well of running water there.

    But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen, saying, “The water is ours.” So he called the name of the well Esek, because they quarreled with him.

    Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over that one also. So he called its name Sitnah.

    And he moved from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. So he called its name Rehoboth, because he said, “For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.”

    Then he went up from there to Beersheba.

    And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham; do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for My servant Abraham’s sake.”

    So he built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord, and he pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug a well.

    Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with Ahuzzath, one of his friends, and Phichol the commander of his army.

    And Isaac said to them, “Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?”

    But they said, “We have certainly seen that the Lord is with you. So we said, ‘Let there now be an oath between us, between you and us; and let us make a covenant with you,

    that you will do us no harm, since we have not touched you, and since we have done nothing to you but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the Lord.’ ”

    So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

    Then they arose early in the morning and swore an oath with one another; and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

    It came to pass the same day that Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, “We have found water.”

    So he called it Shebah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

    (MULTILINE)

    Seven Wells

    1. The well of His Presence

    This is the well of the manifest presence of God being experienced in every ministry context and expression of the house of God.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    2. The well of Praise

    This is the well that facilitates the well of His presence as God inhabits the praises of His people.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    3. The well of the Prophetic

    This is the well where God speaks to His people; where prophetic ministry and prophetic equipping takes place; where people come to hear the voice of God and what He is saying to the Body of Christ and to the world.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    4. The well of Salvation

    This is the well of evangelistic fruitfulness; where the gospel is preached and souls are saved; where people are added to the church.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    5. The well of Regional Impact

    This is the well of influence and multiplied presence and effectiveness of the church. It is the well where kingdom partnerships are formed and networks are fashioned to impact a region of the world with the Kingdom of God.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    6. The well of leadership development

    This is well that produces leaders and multiplied leadership effectiveness.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    7. The well of Holy Spirit Power

    This is the well of the miraculous working of the Holy Spirit in your midst.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    (MULTILINE)

     

    Prayer That Advances | Advancing Week 2| Pastor Candace Cortez

    Proverbs 4:18 ESV

    But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines and until full day.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Psalm 84:5-7 NIV

    5 Blessed are those whose strength is in you, whose hearts are set on .

    6 As they pass through the Valley of Baka, they make it a place of springs; the autumn rains also cover it with pools. 7 They go from to , till each appears before God in Zion.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • Prayer is not about informing God of your needs. It is about aligning your life with His purposes so that His power can flow.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    1. Prayer Advances Your Life By Your

    Matthew 6:9–10 (NIV):

    “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    Matthew 26:39 (NIV):

    “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • Prayer advances your life when you stop praying, “God bless my plans,” and begin praying, “God help me know your will and give me the strength to submit to it.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    2. Prayer Advances Your Life By God’s

    James 5:16 (NIV):

    “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • We pray with humbled authority.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    3. Prayer Advances Your Life By

    Ephesians 6:12 (NIV):

    “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • Prayer is not passive. It pushes.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    4. Prayer Advances Your Life By Your

    1 Chronicles 4:10 (NIV):

    “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory!”

    2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV):

    “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

    • Prayer does not always remove resistance, but it always has the power to redefine your capacity to advance.
    • How To Pray Powerful Prophetic Prayers Over Your Life And Family

     

    Start with God’s will as revealed in Scripture.

    • Speak God’s Word aloud with faith.
    • Name the resistance clearly and honestly.
    • Declare the future God desires, not just the problem you see.
    • Homework- Answer this: What area of my life or family needs to advance, and how will I pray differently about it

     

    Today’s Declaration

    “I will no longer pray small prayers to a big God.

    I will pray powerful prayers that align with His will,

    release His power,

    confront resistance,

    and advance my life and my family.

    Prayer is advancing my life.”

     

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