Dr. Maureen was here this morning to share with us as part
of the unstuck series. She shared about
intercession. Intercession is
covenant-minded and having our mind seeing things how God sees them. We want to get out of our old ruts of
thinking and form new habits in our minds in line with the Word. There was a scientific study on 50 people who
go from job to job, relationship to relationship, etc. They had a brain scan, and they all came back
abnormal. They then told them to spend 2
months saying nothing negative. At the
end of that period, their brain scans came back normal. This echoes Philippians 4:8. We have to renew our minds to obtain all that
God has for us. The Bible says Jesus is
in covenant interceding for us according to the Word. We can have all the Word promises, and prayer
is a key to this. Jesus regularly went
away and prayed on His own before or after His day.
Romans 8:26 says the Holy Spirit “helps” (this means
clothes, possesses, takes over) us. The
Spirit was hovering before creation occurred.
Without the Holy Spirit we can not produce. He is our partner and helps us pray as we
should (not praying our problems but instead praying and seeing the Word). We have all the promises by grace and receive
them by faith. All we have to do is
agree with the Word. God will turn even
our mistakes into something good if we give it to Him.
If we ever get to a place where you speak to the mountain
and it doesn’t move, your faith is being tested. Remember James 1:1-2 promises completeness and
maturity if we joyfully persevere in the Spirit through a test of faith. Remember the test of faith is from the enemy,
not God, based on doubt and unbelief in our hearts. It might take a day or a week, or many years,
but if we believe and persevere, God’s Word WILL come to pass. We inherit the promises by faith and
patience, fighting the good fight of faith. In 2 Thessalonians 3:5, it says we should take
on the love of God and the perseverance of Jesus. The goal is to survive every attack and hold
your position (persevere = push ahead) until you outlast and outlive the
resistance. Look at Hebrews
10:36-39.
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