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Wherever The Holy Spirit demonstrates the Lordship of Jesus Christ, freedom is the evidence!

THE LORD is always working towards us being free; free from sin, free from sickness, free from bondage…  We were all designed to have creative expression on the earth, to be unique thinkers.  Free people think creatively!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Zechariah chapter 1:

18 Then I raised my eyes and looked, and there were four horns.

19 And I said to the angel who talked with me, “What are these?” So he answered me, “These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.”

20 Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen.

21 And I said, “What are these coming to do?” So he said, “These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

The number four represents worldwide, and the four horns are worldwide enemies of Christ.  However, THE LORD raises up craftsmen to cast out and terrify the enemy.  A craftsman is a person with a master’s level understanding of not only how to do a certain type of work, but also a great appreciation of why and for whom they’re doing it.

It is recorded by The Holy Spirit in Daniel chapter 1:

17 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all understanding and Wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

FATHER raises up His Sons and Daughters to overtake the wiles of the devil in every area… worldwide.  The adversary attempts to hold people in bondage, and The Holy Spirit sets the captives free.

We are not to be bound with regret, worry about today, or fear the future, we have not fully embraced the Lordship of Jesus Christ over all the earth.  If the enemy can tie me to the failures or disappointments of the past, and make me fearful of tomorrow, he has undercut my creativity… the way I approach life.

The uniqueness of a Divine moment is being untethered by yesterday and the fear of tomorrow.

Regret is very similar to unforgiveness because they both tie us to the past.  Regret is a mismanagement of yesterday’s actions, an improper management of the effects of yesterday.  Fear of what might happen is my mismanagement of tomorrow.

Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:

31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.

32 And you shall know the Truth, and the Truth shall make you free.”

We are invited to discover Truth and then discover THE GOD of that Truth.  When we abide in HIS Word, repentance eliminates regret and is no longer considered.  As well, the Truth sets us free from the fear of the future.  Freedom is the product of Truth realized.  Truth realized is the ultimate adventure!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in Ephesians chapter 3:

16 that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man,

17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in Love,

18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-

19 to know the Love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

20 Now to Him Who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination! He will outdo them all, for His miraculous power constantly energizes you.

When you and I walk in His miraculous power, we are totally free from the world’s grasp.

We are to produce good works!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Corinthians chapter 14:

1 Pursue Love, and desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy.

2 For he who speaks in a Tongue does not speak to men but to God, for no one understands him; however, in the Spirit he speaks mysteries.

3 But he who prophesies speaks edification and exhortation and comfort to men.

4 He who speaks in a Tongue edifies himself, but he who prophesies edifies the church.

5 I wish you all spoke with Tongues, but even more that you prophesied; for he who prophesies is greater than he who speaks with tongues, unless indeed he interprets, that the church may receive edification.

Revelation doesn’t impart; it invites.  When we receive revelation, we have a responsibility to seek the Face of GOD regarding that revelation.  The revelation has a goal to ultimately build up the ekklesia and establish the Kingdom of GOD on the earth.

FATHER is THE GOD WHO transforms, to be known by men.  We are intended to know HIS ways and the world will respond by seeing HIS acts through us.  When they see those acts, they will marvel and be amazed.  Why?  They will realize that they have lived in the world of inferior and we have introduced them to the superior.

Our pursuit of Spiritual gifts is essential to spreading The Gospel.  Those gifts provide credibility to our message.  Otherwise, people will simply hear another theology.

When you know the Truth, it’s experiential knowledge of the Truth that sets a person free.  Every Commandment THE LORD gives us leads to freedom.  There are no Commandments that are punishment, nor do they restrict us from Life.  They restrict us from the things that kill, steal, and destroy.

When THE LORD speaks to us, HE’S setting boundaries for our behavior so that we will experience HIM more fully and know what true freedom is.

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 2^nd Corinthians chapter 3:

15 So until now, whenever the Old Testament is being read, the same blinding comes over their hearts.

16 But the moment one turns to the Lord with an open heart, the veil is lifted and they see.

17 Now, the “Lord” I’m referring to is the Holy Spirit, and wherever He is Lord, there is freedom.

18 We can all draw close to Him with the veil removed from our faces. And with no veil we all become like mirrors who brightly reflect the glory of the Lord Jesus. We are being transfigured into His very Image as we move from one brighter level of glory to another. And this glorious transfiguration comes from the Lord, Who is the Spirit.

What does it mean for HIM to be Lord over us?  It is when we surrender to HIM and walk in obedience to what The Holy Spirit directs us to say and do.

In Ephesians chapter 2:

2 You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,

3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.

4 But God, Who is rich in mercy, because of His great Love with which He loved us,

5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

6 and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the Heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

7 that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace (enablement) in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.

10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

We are intended to fulfill good works that GOD prepared us for beforehand.  Pursue HIS gifts that you may fulfill HIS Will and produce good works.

In everything, give thanks!

This includes trials!

Paul wrote by The Holy Spirit in 1^st Thessalonians chapter 5:

16 Rejoice always,

17 pray without ceasing,

18 in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

The word everything denotes every situation that arises in your life.  Do you want to become perfect and complete?  Developing endurance requires resistance, and resistance promotes growth, strength, and maturity.

James wrote by The Holy Spirit in James chapter 1:

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,

3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.

4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.

7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

The words “always”, “everything”, and “all” tell us not to worry or fear when we come up against trials and obstacles in our lives.  Those situations of resistance to our walk will result in providing spiritual nourishment needed for our growth.

David recorded by The Holy Spirit in Psalm chapter 23:

5 You become my delicious feast even when my enemies dare to fight. You anoint me with the fragrance of your Holy Spirit; you give me all I can drink of you until my cup overflows.

We are to have faith that The Holy Spirit will guide us into all Truth as we encounter enemies.  FATHER sets a table of nourishment as we deal with such situations.  If we have joy, we will not be depressed nor will we complain to others.  The thing that was designed to destroy you is the very thing that promotes you.

Divine moments don’t come when you schedule them; you can’t put them on your calendar.  Divine moments are the response of Heaven to the cries of earth.  However, the timing is entirely up to THE LORD.  Count it all joy when the perceived delay occurs… it is for your benefit even though you may not appreciate it at the time.

GOD has given us enough commands in Scripture to help us think like HE does.  HE knows the end from the beginning.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 46:

10 “I declare from the beginning how it will end and foretell from the start what has not yet happened. I decree that My purpose will stand, and I will fulfill My every plan.”

And Jesus spoke in John chapter 8:

32 For if you embrace the Truth, it will release true freedom into your lives.”

Knowing Truth does not set you free.  You can study Scriptures all day long, you can memorize the entire New Testament but that will not set you free.  The mental comprehension of a concept does not set a person free.  Knowing by experience is what sets you free. 

Once you experience Divine intervention, you will be able to walk in freedom from fear, frustration, and disappointment.  Once GOD gives you insight to a Truth, it always comes as an invitation to an experience.  When you get the insight into Divine health, don’t be surprised by a trial of this nature. 

When you get an insight into financial prosperity, expect a test in the future.  How you deal with a trial reveals your faith in HIS Word in that area.  I can testify that I have gone through both tests more than once.

Many believers stop short of transformational encounters because they are satisfied with good theology.  When we receive an insight into one of HIS Truths, we are then responsible to pursue HIM in light of that Truth and walk in It.

Revelation doesn’t impart; it invites.  When we receive revelation, we are to earnestly pursue until it becomes first nature in us.  When it does, we will count it all joy as we exercise overcoming faith in the midst of a trial.

We are to arise and shine!

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 60:

1 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you.

2 For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

HE didn’t say, “Arise and reflect.”  His Light is within us.  We don’t need any more prophetic Words than this.  Throughout Scripture, we are instructed to act in righteousness and Holiness.  We should be looking for opportunities to produce righteous acts.

The Holy Spirit is given to us to make us into the Image of Christ to the world.  Let there be no excuses keeping you from exercising this reality in your life.  If you don’t know what it means to let your light shine, then figure it out.  Now is the time!  Don’t sit there ignorantly when HE has given us The Resource Manual what instructs us on how to live life!

In Isaiah chapter 61:

10 I will sing and greatly rejoice in YAHWEH! My whole being vibrates with shouts of joy in my God! For He has dressed me with salvation and wrapped me in the robe of his righteousness! I appear like a bridegroom on his wedding day, decked out with a beautiful sash, or like a radiant bride adorned with sparkling jewels.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit in Revelation chapter 19:

7 Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.”

8 And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

We are to be clothed in righteous acts!  It is shifting from a self-serving lifestyle into a servanthood lifestyle where we live aware, we have all the resources of Heaven needed to be effective in our serving of humanity.  FATHER makes our righteous acts supernaturally effective, no matter how small an act is.

The Old Testament reveals what GOD can do.  In the Valley of Dry Bones, GOD caused the dry bones to live and restore an army. (Eze 37) He caused water to come out of a rock.  The list goes on.

In the New Testament, GOD reveals what one person can do who was righteously related to GOD.  The Book of Acts testifies of the righteous acts of the saints.  Once The Holy Spirit came and dwelt in them, they walked with power and authority… their lights shined.

It is written by The Holy Spirit in Hebrews chapter 1:

1 Throughout our history God has spoken to our ancestors by his prophets in many different ways. The revelation HE gave them was only a fragment at a time, building one Truth upon another.

2 But to us living in these last days, God now speaks to us openly in the language of a Son, the appointed Heir of everything, for through Him God created the panorama of all things and all time.

3 The Son is the dazzling radiance of God’s splendor, the exact expression of God’s True Nature—His mirror image! He holds the universe together and expands it by the mighty power of His spoken Word. He accomplished for us the complete cleansing of sins, and then took His seat on the highest Throne at the Right Hand of the majestic One.

Jesus radiated light from THE FATHER.  When Jesus took on flesh, it was to illustrate to us what could be possible in our own walk.  He took on humanity and walked as the son of man, not as the Son of GOD.

There are two qualifiers that enable a person to step into the unlimited realm of GOD HIMSELF where we are fully yielded and surrendered that HE can use us as HE used HIS Son Jesus.  We are to not only surrender but also obey The Holy Spirit when He tells us to act.

Luke recorded what Peter spoke by The Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 5:

29 But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: “We ought to obey God rather than men.

30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom you murdered by hanging on a tree.

31 Him God has exalted to His Right Hand to be Prince and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

32 And we are His witnesses to these things, and so also is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey Him.”

Walk in surrender and obedience and your light will shine!

The resources of Heaven are found within us!

Generally speaking, we have been unaware of The Holy Spirit’s mission to empower us to bring forth the Kingdom of GOD to the earth.  We need to understand the significance of GOD putting The Holy Spirit in us.  We must no longer allow this Truth to remain dormant in our lives.  GOD entrusted us with The Holy Spirit so let us honor Our Heavenly Father by surrendering to The Holy Spirit in every aspect of our daily walk.  Isn’t this a true form of genuine worship… honoring The Holy Spirit’s mission?

You can tell how much somebody trusts you by what they entrust to you!

The Holy Spirit is given to us to make us into the Image of Christ to the world.  Paul expounded on this Truth and wrote by The Holy Spirit in Romans chapter 8:

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who Love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the Image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren.

30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.

What is the purpose of being conformed to the Image of His Son?  You and I have an assignment to bring forth the Kingdom of Heaven to earth, not in our own power, but by the power of The Holy Spirit.  It’s more than just singing songs on a Sunday night.  It’s more than just attending church when the doors are open.  It’s more than just reading topics to gain spiritual understanding.  We are to walk in His power and authority to minister to mankind.

To the degree you surrender to The Holy Spirit determines the degree of power and authority you walk in! 

Jesus spoke in John chapter 15:

26 “But when the Helper comes, Whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

As we walk in this Truth, the environment around us will react.

It was prophesied by The Holy Spirit in Isaiah chapter 60:

1 “Rise up in splendor and be radiant, for your light has dawned, and YAHWEH’s glory now streams from you!

2 Look carefully! Darkness blankets the earth, and thick clouds covers the nations, but YAHWEH arises upon you and the brightness of His glory appears over you!

3 Nations will be attracted to your radiant light (understanding and revelation) and kings to the sunrise-glory of your new day.

4 Lift up your eyes higher! Look all around you and believe, for your sons are returning from far away and your daughters are being tenderly carried home. Watch as they all gather together, eager to come back to you!”

Paul reveals the Divine Intent of THE FATHER in Ephesians chapter 5:

27 All that He does in us is designed to make us a mature church for His pleasure, until we become a source of praise to Him—glorious and radiant, beautiful and Holy, without fault or flaw.

The prophecy given to us in the Book of Isaiah is to be fulfilled in the last days.  Jesus affirmed this when He spoke in John chapter 8:

12 Then Jesus said, “I am light to the world, and those who embrace Me will experience life-giving light, and they will never walk in darkness.”

And He also spoke concerning our ministry in Matthew chapter 5:

14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.

16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.

All our words and works are intended to glorify GOD.  As we fully surrender to The Holy Spirit, our lights will shine before men and they will be attracted to this light and darkness will flee from our midst.  The Holy Spirit is THE essential Resource to cause our light to shine.

The Holy Spirit indwells in us to make us like Jesus!

The Holy Spirit’s primary job is to make us like Jesus in all areas; He directs us, He leads us, He empowers us.  Without the power of The Holy Spirit, our credibility is in question.

The Beloved Disciple recorded by The Holy Spirit what Jesus spoke in John chapter 7:

37 On the last day, that great day of the feast (The Feast of Tabernacles), Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

39 But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Why was The Holy Spirit not yet given to us?  He was not given to us before Jesus was glorified because He would have made us like Jesus before He was headed to the cross as the Son of man.  Once Jesus was resurrected, ascended, and glorified, The Holy Spirit would then indwell in us so that we would ultimately walk in His glory.

And Jesus spoke in John chapter 16:

5 “But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7 Nevertheless I tell you the Truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

Jesus understood the necessity to only send The Holy Spirit after He was glorified.  By doing this, we could fully walk in His glory, being full of The Holy Spirit and power.  What impact will He have on the world?  Jesus continues:

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all Truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.

15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

In other Words, when the Truth-giving Spirit comes, He will unveil the reality of every Truth within you and me. He won’t speak on His own, but only what He hears from the Father, and He will reveal prophetically to you and me what is to come. 

Do you want to know the future?  Submit, surrender, and listen to The Holy Spirit, not men.  Do you want to walk in the same manner as Jesus?  Fully surrender to The Holy Spirit.

Whenever we worry and become anxious, we are being drawn into a faith in the inferior.  The enemy is trying to lessen our awareness of significance of Who resides inside of us.

This indicates that we are not fully conscious of and led by The Holy Spirit… we have not fully surrendered to Him.  It is time for us to realize and walk in the potential inside of us.