Hi everyone, this is very very very impromptu. I'm actually headed out the door
But this has been kind of going around in me for a couple hours and I've been at this course with
The father about it. So I'm just gonna present it to you because it does very much
Link up with what we've been learning and it will link up with with
Subduing which we just talked about and I didn't quite get everything done
I wanted to do with that because we were running out of time. So we are gonna pick up from where we were
But first I'm going to show you
now I'm gonna have to find it again because
Jesus I
Love technology when I
Change my mind
There we go. This wasn't as hard as I thought it was gonna be I had this set up trying to cover
Information for people, okay, I
Want you
Trying to see here once you look at this picture it is a reflection
there is a kitten and looking in water and
The reflection it is seen is that of a lion? So I just want to want you to look at that picture
We've also seen in a past similar ones where there is
Kitten looking in a mirror an oval mirror and there's a lion staring back and I could not find that one anywhere. So
Okay, so here's here's what we've got
We were talking about
Subduing we already know that Adam was created
cast
molded
Into the very likeness of God. That's what he looked like and
I'm going to and then we started looking at
Where our war is where one area of our war is in subduing which is our own mind our own thoughts
Because because of what Adam did in the garden now
We have to wage this war mentally and emotionally when everything is screaming at us. No, you're not
You know, you're not that is not your identity. It's not who you are. We have to remember that
Yes, this is who I am. And so we kind of talked about that in
2nd Corinthians 10 we read that but I did not read the whole thing and because we're running out of time
I was just like I need to just hit the high points here and keep going
So I'm gonna pick that up just very briefly right now and it says here. I am NOT waging this war. Oh, this is
Williams
Translation I've had this for like over 40 years
it's like sitting down with an old friend and it says I am NOT waging this war in accordance with
physical human standards
In other words, you're not gonna be able to do this just in and of yourself and it's not a war you
We also do not war of people but when it comes to yourself
You don't want to be at war with yourself
You need to take authority over the enemy and you need to take authority of the things
He's trying to play in your mind and the lies. He's trying to tell you
So, let's see
I'm not waging this war in accordance with human physical
Standards for the weapons used in my warfare are not mere human ones
But through my God they are mighty for demolishing fortresses
Remember we talked about strongholds. Well, here's just another term of the stronghold. It is a fortress and
Unfortunately, you know we think of the stronghold of somewhere we want to go and hide and it brings protection
Well when you are believing lies
They can be within a fortress as well and that fortress wants to protect them your emotions wants to want to protect them when
You believed a lie forever and ever and ever for such a long time
You there's a part of you. There's brokenness in you
They want to protect that because they see that as truth and they put that
Fortress around it and say no
No, I'm gonna hide in here I'm gonna stay behind these walls
I'm not gonna let anything penetrate and we need to bring down those fortresses and
we do that with truth and we do that with we talked about breaking down lies and
Breaking down
Agreements and renouncing all that that is part of the process of doing this so says that through my God
Let's see, my weapons are mighty for demolishing fortresses
for I am demolishing arguments so anything that wants to argue with the
Word of God says that is something we need to pull down so if God says the
word says that the kingdom of heaven is righteousness peace and joy and you're
not walking in that and he says well you can't do that you can't walk in peace
that's just a lie that's not even a possibility and not in today's
circumstances that is an argument that goes against what God's Word says
because as word says he is the Prince of Peace therefore we can walk in peace and
that's one of the things we're covering in Psalm 91 one is how to dwell in the
secret place in the shelter of the Most High and find rest in his shadow and
that's why we're going through all this and looking at creation and how Adam was
cast in his image because in all of this we need to realize who we are how we
were created what we were called to be so that we can actually walk in the
identity in who he's made us so we have to go back to the beginning we have to
have a good foundation this is what we were made this is what the enemy took
this is what Jesus gave us back this is who I am and then we can apply it and
walk that out all right so I am demolishing arguments and every barrier
that is raised against genuine knowledge of God that's the truth that is what God
says it's not what we think about a situation it is what God's Word says
about a situation taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ
and I am prepared to punish any disobedience so when the enemy is coming
against you and saying no no no no and you take the word and you say yes this
is what the Word says you have to take him to task because he's not going to
let go when he's had these strongholds fortified in there sometimes they're
generational things that are passed down yes we can knock them down yes we can
break that off yes we can renounce but then he's gonna go but then he's gonna
win his spot back he's he's gonna go away but then he's gonna come back and
go oh let's see if that area is full let's see if she's put the Word of God
or he's put the Word in God concerning that area let's see what the belief
system is let's see if I can insert something here and they go back into old
patterns and say yeah yep that's how I do it yeah I remember that that's what I
used to think yeah and another way he does this is we are you are learning to
navigate new territory you are learning how to walk free in news new areas and
then he comes back and he tries to bring a thought that was your norm before
which feels comfortable it's kind of like putting on an old sweatshirt and he
brings that thought and it just feels like oh I remember you and for a minute
you just think but it's not an old friend it's a lie and he comes to kill
he comes to steal he comes to destroy and you don't put on that old sweatshirt
you don't take in that old thought you need to take every single thought
especially in this process of freedom every single thought think of it as like
flies going around your head and how you would be like ooh I gotta grab that you
just gotta grab that thought and you need to examine it and say is this what
God says about me if it's not it goes immediately John Ramirez he says
something very interesting he at one time I believe this is accurate it was
in what really just some good information from him he used to be like
the top warlock in the United States and he was saying in one of his teachings
and I grabbed this I was like whoa that is so good and I have found it to
actually be very very true and I don't I mean I go after this now I don't let I
toy with anything I don't give anything any place I don't give it any time I
don't entertain it I don't think about it but he said it is set up in the
spirit realm that when things are assaulting you that when things are sent
you you have 60 seconds to get rid of that thing get rid of what the enemy's
trying to attach to you get rid
of that lie get rid of that assault whether it's coming through your mind whether it's coming in
your body you have 60 seconds to deal with it before it can take hold and it's so much easier
to do it in the first 60 seconds than it is i mean it just takes you know it just takes a little
more time it's just a little bit more effort you can still deal with it but i'll be honest with you
if you can grab a hold of it in the first 60 seconds and i've asked the holy spirit to partner
me with this and um he'll go you know if something's coming at me and i'm just like oh because
it's matching how i feel you know there's a thought and i'm dealing with some things in my
life and it might you know the enemy just comes in when you're weak and when you're struggling
and he's like oh let's just put this little thought in there i think everything else going
on in the natural and many you know more often than not the holy spirit well actually i think
he'll always do it sometimes i just don't listen um but more often than not i do listen thank you
jesus and um he'll just go janice 60 seconds and he'll just alert me because i've asked him to do
this i'm like do not let me miss this i want to do this partner with me in this get me on this
hold me accountable and the enemy will come in with something and it'll it'll be a thought
sometimes and holy spirit will just say 60 seconds and i'm like oh yes and i will deal with it
immediately instead of just kind of letting that float um there's been other things that have been
physical things that he's tried to attack me with and that and the holy spirit will rise up and with
me 60 seconds and i'm like yes and i'll take authority over that thing and send it packing
and it breaks if i let something come and i said you know then i'm thinking oh i think i'm coming
down with or oh i think i'm fighting this and then i start thinking about it by the time that 60
seconds passes then i'm almost in agreement with it yeah i think this is going on and then i've
got to do a little bit backtracking and sometimes it's a day or two later that i'm before i'm
grabbing it and going no i don't want this and then i break agreements with it and i take communion
and i take the word of god and put it over my body put it over my mind and i get rid of this stuff so
anyway i need to get moving i didn't mean this to be so long because i'm supposed to be in the car
right now um let me just read another scripture to you because this is very important we still
haven't gotten back to that picture yet so i'm going to link this up now with a picture it says
in james such a good verse it says if you listen to the word so if you listen to what god tells you
you know who you are it says let's look actually let's just dive over here real quickly
john 17 i love this it love this first of all it says john 17 17 make them holy by your truth
that is so important for you to be in the word every day if you are not in a body that is teaching
the word find a church that is giving you the foundation in the word in teaching the word
and get in a word yourself study ask holy spirit to teach you so it says make them holy
not by what they do it says make them holy by your truth the truth is the word
the truth is what god is saying to you and speaking to you in your work in the word
make them holy by your truth teach them your word which is truth now the scripture i'm really after
here verse 22 and i have given them the glory you gave me this is jesus talking
to you so that they may be one as we are one i am in them and you are in me may they experience
such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you
love me now listen says father i want these whom you have given me to be with me where i am
i'm gonna just stop there this is so good
He's not just...remember our very first, our very first session, Psalm 91 verse 1?
Well, it's probably three in, but Psalm 91 verse 1? No, at the beginning.
Sorry. So, you really know this is raw when I'm just not able to do it. Psalm 91
verse 1. They who dwell. Those who live, those who abide. Remember what that word
means? It means to sit down. It means to be seated as a judge. It means to reign
as royalty. That links up with Ephesians chapter 2 verse 6. Remember we talked
about that? So, how do you do that? You do it by being seated in heaven places, which
is where He's called us to be. Well, what did Jesus just say here? Oh, this is so
good. It's just, yeah, it just brings it all together here. It says, I want these
whom you gave me to be with me where I am. Where's Jesus? He is seated in heavenly
places with the right hand of the Father. Where does He want us to be? Seated in
heavenly places with Him. Now, you're going, Janice, that is so, no, it's mystical. No, it's
reality. What did Jesus say He did here on earth? He said what the Father said,
and He did what He saw the Father doing. How could He do what He saw the Father
doing if He wasn't also at the same time seated in heavenly places watching
His Father? I mean, this really is real if you press into it. This really is real if
you go after and you study the Word and you ask Holy Spirit to develop these
things in your life. You can see, not physically like you can see me right now,
not always, but it's usually just a thing in the Spirit, and you can see what the
Father's doing. You can sense what He's doing, and then you do it, too, just like
you can hear His voice. Same thing. It's just another step further. It's just a
continuation of that, and He's saying that He wants us to be with Him where He
is. He's not talking about heaven at the end or when we reign on earth with Him
for a thousand years. He's talking about now. And then it says, then they can see all the glory
you gave me because you loved me before the world began. All the glory that He
gave Him. And guess where that glory is now? It resides in us.
Ephesians. Where did that scripture go? I still got my fingers in janks.
Ephesians 3, 19 through 21. It says here, to Him, what? 19. Where's 19? Oh, wow. They
have a misprint in my Bible. They have two verses. Verse 18. There's an 18 and then
an 18. Okay. All right. So, we're gonna start with 18. That you may be deeply
rooted in your foundations. So, how do we do that? We do it by taking the Word and
learning it. You do it by being a church that teaches the Word and establishes
you in truth. And you do it by studying. You must be deeply rooted. Your
foundations must be strong. So that you, with all of God's people, may be strong
enough to grasp the idea of the breadth, the length, the height, and the depth.
So, we're talking now about His love. Yes, to come at last to know the love of
Christ. Although it far surpasses human understanding. Now, this is what we want
to pay attention to here. So that you may be filled with the perfect
fullness of God. You've been filled with the fullness of God. So, you take
those two things. You take the things from Ephesians. And you take the rest of
what we just looked at. And now, we're gonna look at James. And he says in
chapter 1, verse 23. And this is where we get this mirror or this reflection thing
we just looked at.
Looked at that picture.
For if you listen to the word and you don't obey it.
So in other words, we don't walk in what we know.
We don't walk in what the word of God says.
When the enemy comes, we don't deal with it
and we let these structures get built up in our life.
If we listen to the word and we don't obey,
it's like looking at your face in the mirror.
You see yourself and you walk away
if you forget what you look like.
Okay, so now let's put this with subduing
back into Genesis chapter one, verse 28.
What happened with Adam?
Well, he was created, cast, molded, formed,
put into the image of God.
When he rose up, it was like God number two,
although he was the created and not the creator,
but he looked like God
and he had the glory of God in him, on him.
He had the mind of God functioning within him.
He was operating at such a high level of intelligence
and he was given power to rule and reign.
So God had given all this.
He pronounced that blessing over him.
He charged him, gave him directives
to be fruitful and multiply.
That's where we were.
And then to subdue.
What happened?
He forgot who he was.
The enemy came in no different than us.
The enemy came in and said,
you're not who God said you were.
God has shortchanged you.
You do not have everything
where God had given him everything.
And he made him in his image.
He was made in the image of God.
He had everything, everything.
He needed everything.
And the enemy came and said, you are lacking.
And in that moment, Adam forgot who he was.
In that moment, remember this, that picture,
which is now off my iPad.
Remember that picture?
Just, we just saw that cat looking at the lion.
He was feeling like a cat.
But it should have been a lion.
What God was showing me earlier today was,
he said, what's wrong with that?
And I was like,
I know what's wrong with it.
I am made in your image.
It doesn't matter how I feel in the moment.
It doesn't matter if I feel like that little kitten
and I'm looking in a mirror
and in the pictures it's showing
a full-grown adult male lion looking back at me.
That is not truth.
I am, Adam was made in image of God.
I have the fullness of God within me.
I am, we just read in John chapter 17
that Jesus prayed that we would be one with him,
just like he's one with a father.
One in him, Jesus one in us.
Just like the three of them are one,
they tabernacle, they sit, they dwell within us.
We dwell within him.
There is oneness there.
When the enemy sees us in the spirit realm,
if you are walking in the knowledge of who you are,
he sees Jesus.
You are covered with his blood.
You have his fullness in here.
You have his glory within you.
He resides within you.
And the Old Testament says in Psalm 119,
it says his promises are as a fire.
So you have the word, you have the word of God on.
It is your armor.
It wraps around you.
So you are, when the enemy looks at you,
when you are seen in the spirit realm, he sees Jesus.
He sees the fullness of God in you
and he sees his promises and you are on fire.
That is what is looking in the mirror
to see the same thing looking back.
That is the revelation I got today.
And it was such a little, small,
just a little tiny adjustment,
but it's so easy to bite in the lie that, wow,
I'm just that little cat.
I'm just that little kitten today.
When God lives in us,
and therefore we can stand up
and we can subdue the enemy in our.
lives in whatever way he wants to penetrate, and we can take a stand in our own personal lives,
in our own walk with the Lord, as well as impacting society. And there's just one other
scripture I want to read. And God has sent a message, a translation, and I'm sorry this is
just a little bit, just not, it's just really is just kind of flying off the cuff.
Now let me see, I had a couple things marked.
Maybe it was, okay, it was in Second Corinthians 10. So this is a message, translation,
and here it is talking about how we do our battles.
And it says that our tools, our weapons, are for demolishing that entire massively corrupt culture.
We use our powerful God tools for smashing warped philosophies and tearing down barriers erected
against the truth of God, fitting every loose thought and emotion and impulse
into the structure of life that is shaped by Christ. Our tools are ready at hand for clearing
the ground of every obstruction and building lives of obedience into maturity. So that's what
I'm going to leave you with today because I'm late and I gotta go. So I just hope this was a
blessing to you and that God ministers to you what, who you are, and that His glory and His presence
and His fullness dwells within you. And Father, I just release this word. I just thank you for
what you gave me today. And I just pray that you administer to other people that it would
bring them up, it would challenge them, and that it would encourage them. And we just
release revelation to them as they grow and they become stronger in their walk with you,
and a recognition of who they are, who their identity, what their identity is in you, so that
they can begin to roll and reign with you, which is what this is all about, is walking with you.
Because two must be in agreement to walk together, and if we are not in agreement with what
your word says, we cannot walk one with you. And that's what we're after is oneness in Jesus' name.
Blessings to you. Bye-bye.