Turn with me to Exodus 33:18.
Glory - Hebrew Word – Kabowd (kaw bode’)
Vine’s Word – Honor
In KJV:
Glory
Honour
Glorious
Abundance
Reputation
Revenue
Dignity
Splendor
Hab. 2:14
For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of God as the waters cover the earth.
God wants women to be women of honor – sharing His glory.
II Corinthians 4:5 – For we preach not ourselves, but Jesus the Lord.
Many are asking for the Glory of God (manifested presence of God in our services and lives). We are asking for better marriages, families, ministries and more of God. Have we properly prepared for what God is about to do on the earth realm? Are we ready for the glory that is coming forth?
1. Are you ready to let the Word abide in you?
It takes time for the Word of God to become real to you. When it becomes revelation to you, that’s when you are going to see increase. Many of us are only echoes of the Word. We are like parakeets! The words have no power and authority to change things!
But the Word is not abiding in us! The Father’s intent is that you get the same results from the Word that Jesus got. Jesus spoke to the wind, telling it to cease, and the wind said, Okay (Mark 4:39). He spoke to the raging waters, and the water said, “I’ll obey you” (Mark 4:39; Luke 8:24). Jesus spoke to the fig tree and said “Go ahead and die” and the fig tree said to the roots, Let’s die! (Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:14,20).
John 15:7 says:
If ye abide in me and MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Abide – remain
Rhema Word:
Word that is alive in your inner man – your spirit – and it is beyond your head or intellect. It is an abiding word.
The main way you get a rhema word is to meditate on the scriptures.
Meditate – mutter
2. Are you ready to get rid of the spirit of JEZEBEL stop killing the prophets?
This is what we call a JEZEBEL spirit. It is a spirit in the church that is rebellious, manipulative queen who destroyed the prophets of the Lord.
This is not a gender spirit. But it often manipulates women: it energizes women who are insecure, vain, jealous and dominating, having a consuming desire to control.
The Jezebel spirit is most often found in positions of influence and leadership. Because of its supreme desire to control, it maneuvers clandestinely until it can gain the confidence of those it seeks to influence.
This spirit appears willing to volunteer for special service. But it is always motivated by a character flaw that desires to control.
If this Jezebel spirit cannot actually attain to a place of leadership, it will often seek to win the confidence of those in leadership in such a way that leaders will bare hearts to the person, telling the secrets of their lives.
The Jezebel spirit seeks to kill the true servant of God in any way possible.
It hates true intercessory prayer and our greatest defense is to cultivate the nature of Jesus in our hearts.
Elijah exposed the spirit and caused a nation to serve the true God (I Kings 18).
Elijah represents kingdom of God; Jezebel kingdom of darkness.
The Jezebel spirit is trying to shut up the true voice of prophecy today. The word prophecy is propheteia, which means speaking forth of the mind and counsel of God.
The Scriptures also teach the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. This gives Jesus voice a proper place in the Church.
The spirit of Jezebel will also try to discredit the leader. But we cannot fear or become discouraged. The spirit of Jezebel was defeated at the altar.
3. Are you ready to bet rid of unresolved offense?
This spirit works through discontented or offended spiritual leaders who betray the authority of the senior pastor. They get a group of people who will follow their agenda that is contrary to the senior pastor’s vision for the church. This offensive spirit will often lead his followers out of the church, causing division and bringing great hurt to God’s anointed leadership.
The characteristics of this spirit is also to control and self-promotion.
Many with this spirit do not want counsel or correction from leaders. They do not want to be under anyone’s covering.
Offense – skandalon (scandal); means “a trap-stick (bent sapling); a snare; or part of a trap set with bait to catch it’s victim.
Offended people are in two categories:
a. Those who have been treated unjustly
b. Those who perceive they have been treated unjustly
The fruit of unresolved offense develops progressively. It begins with hurt and anger, but soon develops into hatred.
Unresolved offense leads to bitterness; bitterness leads to hatred; hatred leads to wrath; and wrath often leads to murder.
It is impossible but that offenses will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! Luke 17:1
And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. (Luke 7 :23)
The response to offense is to communicate with the offender, going to them in an attitude to reconcile.
GOD WILL NOT ALLOW A CHURCH THAT WAS BIRTHED IN OFFENSE TO STAND OR EXPERIENCE THE COMING REVIVAL!
As leaders in the church, we must guard our hearts about being offended.
4. Are you ready to sing a NEW song?
Are you ready to get rid of your tradition of what worship is? Are you ready to embrace all types of worship styles? What are some of you going to do when bikers and the “hood” come forth with their new song?
God is bringing forth a new song in the earth realm. Can God trust you to yield to the new song that He wants to birth in the earth realm?
SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG and his praise from the end of the earth,…Isaiah 42:10
Worship brings the manifested presence of God.
All three parts of the Godhead is in us and we need to worship with all three.
Stop gossiping, pitying – come together.
When you worship you see Jesus. We tell him every attribute during worship.
Worship represents the Lord in our midst.
5. Are you ready for the Holy Spirit to reveal the Father to you?
Stop waiting for heaven to see the glory of God in the Church. The glory of God will be seen as Jesus reveals Himself in our human temples of clay. The work of the Holy Spirit is to reveal Jesus to us and in us. (John 16:13-14).
Where is the glory? We are a three part being: spirit, a soul and a body (I Thes. 5:23). God never intended for a veil of flesh to separate man’s spirit from his soul. God was a spirit and communicated with Adam and Eve spirit to Spirit before the fall. After the fall, man’s spirit died..but it did not kill the spirit. God communicated with them word of life through their spirit to their souls. It only broke man’s relationship with God. The spirit still lived, but it was “dead” to God. Man soul begin to rule him apart from relationship with God, under the influence of sin.
When we are born again, God restores our spirit so that we can be in communion with Him, and become temples of the Spirit of God. We are made alive to God. But there is still the veil of flesh between our recreated spirit where Jesus lives and our carnal mind, emotions and will.
Only the Word of God can do the supernatural work of cutting the veil of flesh that hides the life of Christ within our spirit (Heb. 4:12).
Because Christ-life was “locked up” in our spirits, we have not know Jesus as we should know Him. The Church needs to get to know Him as we should. But this must come through divine revelation.
This comes through the trials we endure. (Romans 8:18); 2 Cor. 4:17. Glory comes through suffering.
Jesus will not fail His Church; (John 5:36). He came to reveal to us the Father. Once we see this our eyes will no longer be on the gifts or ministries or how much faith we have.
Our eyes will be on Jesus. His holiness will be our nature, and the Church will be filled with joy that is motivated by compassion.
We will march together in unity – in divine fellowship with the Father as Women of God.
The Church is coming out of hiding. Someone said, “The Church is going to come out of the Church”.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee (Is. 60:1).
Fresh worship and praise; zeal of God in our personal lives; fresh revelation of the Word; much growth.
We must walk in repentance and forgiveness.
No more “church as usual”.
Psalm 102:13
Thou wilt arise and have compassion on Zion; for this is time to be gracious to her, for the appointed time has come.
