I would like everyone to say this verse together...
Rom 8:14 - "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
S: I'M A CHILD OF GOD. /// S: I am spirit led GO TO 2 TIM 1
Vital confession for everyone during this time...
SOME DIED EARLY... SOME LOST MONEY... SOME HAVE MISSED THEIR PURPOSE - b/c although they have the authority - they have decided to be LED by ANOTHER Spirit.
GOD ISN'T THE ONLY SPIRIT OUT HERE:
2 Tim 1:7 - "For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind."
H.S. GIVES POWER, LOVE & SOUND MIND.
SPIRIT OF FEAR IS
INSTEAD OF BEING POWERFUL - fear makes us weak closing our spiritual eyes.
INSTEAD OF BEING LOVING - fear makes us full of hate and selfishness by closing our spiritual ears.
INSTEAD OF HAVING A MIND LIKE GOD - fear makes us make poor decisions NOT based on the Word.
The enemy KNOWS that God has protected, provided, blessed you!
(WHO’S SEEN GREATEST SHOWMAN? P.T. BARNUM WASN’T NOT GR. ENTERTAINER - GREATEST PROMOTER - CREATED HYPE
DESIGNED BILBOARDS TO BE SEEN EVERYWHERE)
Satan’s job is to BE THE GREATEST PROMOTER OF FEAR EVER!
(Signs) “YOU’RE UNWORTHY” / “YOU’RE A TERRIBLE FATHER” // “EVERYONE IS AGAINST YOU” / “YOU CAN’T RECOVER FROM THIS”
SATAN CREATES HYPE - TO MAKE YOU HYPOCONDRIAC
SATAN CREATES HYPE - TO MAKE YOU HYPER
(Lilly when she freaks out…)
WHEN YOU FREAK OUT UR NOT BEING SPIRIT LED:
S: Don’t BELIEVE THE HYPE!
“I know GOD CAME THROUGH LAST TIME”… but THIS TIME it’s worse / THIS TIME seem more stressful / THIS TIME LOUDER, LARGER, BRIGHTER, MORE SCREAMED AT YOU
B/C IF HE CAN GET YOU TO OPERATE IN FEAR -
HE CAN GET YOU OUT OF YOUR AUTHORITY!
THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD IS THE SPIRIT OF FEAR...
AND YOU WILL BE LED BY IT BY DEFAULT IF YOU LET IT...
v. 8 - “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;”
…I’m not ashamed of the testimony…
Testimony = the DECLARATION OF YOUR STORY!
My story is what Jesus has done and is doing in faith in my life
The enemy will get you to feel ashamed to speak faith when everything looks contrary.
So you speak circumstance you speak information…
DON’T BE ASHAMED TO DECLARE YOUR FAITH when it looks contrary.
I WALK BY FAITH AND NOT BY SIGHT
(EVER WATCHED MOVIE TRAILERS… THEY SHOW MOST DRAMATIC)
(TURN TO THE SIGNS -
THIS ISN’T MY STORY -IT’S JUST A SCENE!
Paul = “I’M NOT ASHAMED TO DECLARE WHAT I BELIEVE”
B/C I KNOW THE DIRECTOR // I KNOW THE AUTHOR OF MY FAITH!
I PROCLAIM AND PROMOTE THE PLOT TWIST!
UR UNWORTHY - sure. PLOT TWIST - Jesus died so I’m a new creation.
YOU’RE A TERRIBLE FATHER - plot twist/ I’m becoming like Christ!
EVERYONE’S AGAINST YOU - plot twist / I’ve got a faith family!
YOU CAN’T - Yep. You’re right PLOT TWIST! I CAN DO ALL THINGS…
PLOT TWIST - HE SAVED ME / P.T. - RAISED ME / PT - FILLED HG
P.T. NO WEAPON FORMED WILL PROSPER /
TITLE = A DECLARATION AND A covenant for spirit-led people:
3 SIMPLE LETTERS - for the spirit led believer...
DNF - DO NOT FEAR!
REPEAT IT: DO NOT FEAR
TELL YOUR NEIGHBOR: DO NOT FEAR
DNF is most mentioned command in Bible! // Why?
Because FEAR is the primary tactic of the enemy to use to get you out of your authority. FEAR promotes being led by information/crisis/flesh
The devil’s HYPE cannot did not cut you off from God.
He can never cut you off from God. He’s not that powerful!
He can tempt us TO GET INTO AGREEMENT and
OUT OF alignment w/ our Creator!
(Illustrated dislocated arm - is it dead? No. Does it have full mobility? No. Can it walk in it’s intended strength? No.)
AGREEING to FEAR causes us to be disjointed -
not functioning in our intended authority.
YOU CANNOT BE SPIRIT LED AND FEAR OCCUPIED AT THE SAME TIME!
WHAT I FEAR WILL INFLUENCE WHAT & HOW I WORSHIP -
(STORY… DAD DIED… I NEEDED TO BE IN WORSHIP…)
My worship is passionate b/c
I won’t allow my WORRY to have my passion…
I SING LOUD - I WORSHIP LOUD - BECAUSE I’M PURPOSING
TO NOT ALLOW MY FEAR TO CHANGE WHAT MY MOUTH WORSHIPS
ANY WORD OF FEAR= AGREEMENT w/ the enemy!
1. DNF = REVELATION EXCLAMATION
S: SAY IT!
Rev= GOD IDEAS EXPLODING IN UR MND!
REMEMBER GOD DOESN'T GIVE US FEAR... WHAT HE GIVES US IS "SOUND MIND” GO TO Rom 12.
When God says “Do not fear” it isn’t to shame or expose you. He is GIVING YOU THE REVELATION that the GRACE to be victorious over whatever we fear is always AVAILABLE!
Rom 12:2 "And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."
S: MIND RENEWED - LIFE PROVED
WHEN WE SPEAK THE WORD - WE ALLOW GOD'S THOUGHTS TO INVADE OUR THOUGHTS - AND REALITY CHANGES.
This is IMPOSSIBLE - (but with God all things are possible)
This is TOO HARD - (my grace is suffiencent for you because my grace is greatest in your weakness)
When FEAR shows up - WE PULL OUT UR SWORD! (S.o.s. Rhema)
Rhema = SPOKEN REVELATION OF THE WORD OF GOD!
(Enemy shows up with a LIE or with FEAR ~~ YOUR BATTLE WITH THE ENEMY ISN'T A SWORD FIGHT! The word says he has been disarmed by Jesus! // he no longer has weapons!...
but this is what happens... HE SENDS FEAR YOUR WAY... AND INSTEAD OF TAKING OUT YOUR SWORD... BELIEVERS SIT AND LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS... THEN - WHEN FEAR TURNS INTO EXCUSES - YOU ARE EMPOWERING THE ENEMY - U ARE HANDING THE DEVIL UR SWORD!)
HERE'S THE WORST - I can't.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST LIE EVER!!!!! // I can't win... I can't move forward... I can't heal... I can't get better... I can't _______ // Phil. 4:13 -
So either God is a liar or u are!!
S:POINT TO YOURSELF AND SAY DNF!
DO NOT FEAR!
When excuses come tell yourself - SELF - DO NOT FEAR!
When you feel symptoms YOU say - SELF- DO NOT FEAR!
Bank account doesn't have what you need - SELF - DO NOT FEAR!
THEN PICK UP YOUR SWORD - AND SPEAK THE WORD OVER YOUR SITUATION!
BEING SPIRIT LED - MEANS REFUSING TO ALLOW FEAR OCCUPY MY MIND OR MY MOUTH!
1. DNF = PREDETERMINED POSITION
Go to Is 54
When I did martial arts... they taught us KATA'S... They were moves that we had to memorize and learn where to stand where to put your hands... ugh... it was boring...
TEACH SOMEONE KATA #1 - STEP FORWARD ARM UP / STEP FORWARD ARM TO THE SIDE / STEP FORWARD RIGHT PUNCH TO THE CENTER...
ONE DAY sensei said - we are doing katas and one kid complained and said "Can't we just practice fighting?!" // he said do kata #3 // Sensei went up to attack him with a knife // went to attack him again from another direction // forward kick almost took him out
Sensei said - "IF YOUR MIND AND YOUR BODY IS PREPARED TO REACT - YOU WON'T BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD"
Most fear happens because you were caught off-guard and have to make a split second move… THE FIGHT IS WON IN THE GYM.
HOW I TRAIN TO REACT = HOW I ENSURE THE VICTORY.
Before the temptation comes - I decide how I will react.
Before I get discouraged - I made the decision to keep going.
Before the lack shows up - I made a decision of what I will say.
THE PRE-DECISION you make determines weather you benefit from the trial or will be defeated by it.
You are NEVER operating at the level of your potential...
you're only operating at the level of your preparation!
Is 54:2 - "Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
v. 3 - For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited."
v. 4 - Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
Can u enlarge ur tents when u r looking @ lack?
PROVISION AWAITS UR PREPARATION!
BUT I DON'T HAVE IT YET!!! God... when you bring it, I'll make room for it.
NOPE - YOU FORM IT - GOD WILL FILL IT!
DNF = A PHRASE OF PREPARATION.
I don't fear the fight because I've prepared in the gym.
IVE GOT BATTLE-READY SCRIPTURES!!
WHAT WILL YOU SAY WHEN TEMPTATION SHOWS UP?
WHAT WILL YOU SAY WHEN THE LACK COMES?
WHAT WILL YOU SAY WHEN EVERYONE IS AGAINST YOU?
WHAT WILL YOU SAY WHEN YOUR BODY WANTS YOU TO ACCEPT YOU'RE SICK?
I PRE-DETERMINE MY POSTURE!
- I stand. / I speak the word. / I do not fear!
SO THIS CURRENT PROBLEM CAN BE USED FOR MY PROMOTION!
God didn't hurt you - but he can use what hurt you to heal you... if you put it in his hands.
God didn't bring the problem - BUT HE CAN USE IT TO ADVANCE YOU...
S: I DIDN'T SEE IT COMING - BUT I KNOW MY STANCE!
NOTHING IS WASTED IF YOU ARE PREPARED TO ADVANCE.
EVERY OPPOSITION shows up for us to OPPOSE it - revealing to the world around us that Jesus is greater than the powers of hell and this world.
S: MY PREDICTION IS FOUND IN MY PREPARATION!
I KNOW I WILL HAVE THE VICTORY WHEN SICKNESS COMES - SO I PREPARE SCRIPS.
DO NOT FEAR = saying you need to determine NOW what you will do THEN.
S: I DECIDE IN ADVANCE - TO ADVANCE!
N: DNF... god's got this...
1. 3.DNF = INVITATION TO PARTICIPATION
GO TO ROMANS 8
GOD WASN'T SAYING DO NOT FEAR - because somehow you are amazing and you will do this. // GOD WASN'T SAYING- you've got the goods.
CAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T! Sometimes U R THE UNDERDOG! Sometimes It LOOKS BAD!
- JEHOSOPHAT CAME AGAINST 3 ARMIES -
- DAVID smaller, weaker, less EQUIPMENT THAN GOLIATH -
- DANIEL- DARK PLACE WITH SHARP TEETH IN A LIONS DEN
- GIDEON 300 MEN AND POTS!
God NEVER PROMISES that naturally the odds are in your favor -
Rom 8:1 - 2 - "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
The enemy will condemn you... YOU'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH! YOU CAN'T DO IT! YOU'RE A SINNER! YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON!
Yep... if I looked at myself in the flesh... you're probably right!
BUT I DON'T WALK AFTER THE FLESH - I WALK AFTER THE SPIRIT!
S: IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE!
It is what it is... like we don't deny the problem is there... IT IS WHAT IT IS... BUT IT'S NOT WHAT IT SEEMS!
S: THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
#1 DNF = REVELATION EXCLAMATION - "What's coming out your mouth?” //// #2 DNF = PREDETERMINED POSITION - "I'm prepared for what's coming” /// #3 DNF = INVITATION TO PARTICIPATION
Cause when my MOUTH is right
When my STANCE is right
MY INTERPRETATION OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT'S MUCH LESS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME...
AND MUCH MORE ABOUT WHAT GOD IS DOING WITH ME THROUGH WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME!
I KNOW it looks one way on the surface...
I know the enemy has told you that people rejected you cause you were worthless... but God was protecting you.
I know people are saying "it's not looking good" - BUT THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IS ALIVE IN ME!
I get... not all issues and problems come from God...
But I know that God is working through everything!
SOME THINGS COME FROM GOD'S HAND - BUT OTHER THINGS COME THROUGH GOD'S HANDS!
SO THAT EVEN IN THIS - I'VE GOT THE VICTORY
if all things work together for the good of them that love Him... I KNOW….
PLOT TWIST!!!!!
BY THE TIME GOD'S DONE WITH IT - BAD SITUATION TURNS AROUND FOR MY GOOD!
S: IT'S GONNA BE GOOD!
S: THERE'S MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!
S: DNF
I'm here to speak to someone who is evaluating your life based on what is surrounding you...
someone who is trying to figure out their possibilities naturally...
No matter what you are facing - if you are in God's hands...
THAT MEANS HE HAS INVITED YOU INTO PARTICIPATION - LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER!
You're never in the valley of the shadow of death alone:
- YOU'VE GOT THE LIFE GIVER WITH YOU!
- YOU'VE GOT THE CALMER OF THE STORM WITH YOU!
B/c if you find youreslf in the VALLEY of shadow of death - DNF: plot twist!!! - GOD WILL USE YOU TO CREATE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
If you find yourself in the PIT - DNF: PLOT TWIST!! - GOD WILL USE IT TO PROMOTE YOU TO THE PALACE
3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
FLESH WALKERS - look at everything as "what is the worst case scenerio"... they look at things naturally...
SPIRIT WALKERS - righteousness is fulfilled (remember - RIGHTEOUSNESS = right way of God)... RIGHTEOUSNESS IS SHOWN in us because we think from KINGDOM OF GOD to earth... not vica versa.
6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
CARNALLY MINDED = agreeing with the world's synopsis.
- agreeing that you're gonna get sick this season.
- agreeing that you're gonna lose money again.
- agreeing that you're gonna just fail at school.
- agreeing that you're gonna get hurt again.
SPIRITUALLY MINDED = Agreeing w/ God (life and peace)
- THE HOLY SPIRIT HELPS ME.
- THE HOLY SPIRIT SUPPORTS ME.
- THE H.S. TEACHES ME ALL THINGS.
- THE H.S. QUICKENS MY MORTAL BODY.
- THE H.S. COMFORTS ME IN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATIONS.
remember Joseph... thown in the pit by brothers... later on he sees brothers and says:
"YOU THREW ME IN THE PIT AND SOLD ME INTO SLAVERY" - he doesn't deny it happened... it happened... that was the event...
- but then he says -
PLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOTTTTTT TWWWIIIIIISSSSTTTT
"BUT WHAT YOU MEANT FOR EVIL, GOD TURNED IT AROUND FOR GOOD"
"You Sold me into slavery" - was an event - it happened... a carnal mind can get that...
"GOD TURNED IT FOR GOOD" - SPIRIT LED INTERPRETATION!
I AM NOT ASHAMED TO SPEAK WHAT I BELIEVE!!! I’M NOT ASHAMED OF THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS CHRIST
WHAT HAPPENED TO ME DOESN'T MATTER AS MUCH AS WHO IS WITH ME!
Someone has been asking God "Why did this happen to me"?
STOP ASKING Y & DECIDE WHY!
I DON'T KNOW WHY IT DID - BUT I KNOW WHY I'M HERE!
I'm here as an invitation to BRING KINGDOM into this moment.
I'M IN THE VALLEY TO CREATE A PATH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
I'M IN THE PROBLEM B/C GOD THROUGH ME IS A SOLUTION!
10 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
IS THIS SAYING - NOW THAT YOU'RE SAVED YOU'RE ALL THAT?
IS THIS SAYING - THAT NOW YOU ARE GREATER THAN YOU'VE EVER BEEN BEFORE?
NOOO!!!!!!
u have DELEGATED AUTHORITY!
the authority of the rightesous isn't because somehow you have taken authority through an act of your own!
I HAVE AUTHORITY B/C JESUS HAS AUTHORITY AND DELGATED IT TO ME!!!
(ever seen a midevil movie and the king sends out a weakling as his delegate... they say something on behalf of the king... no real power of their own - THEY ARE OPERATING IN DELEGATED AUTHORITY!)
GOD SAYS DO NOT FEAR - B/C HE IS INVITING YOU INTO PARTICIPATION WITH WHAT HE IS DOING!
DO NOT FEAR = not because you are awesome.
DO NOT FEAR = God saying "i'm awesome... and I'm inviting you to do something crazy with me!"
Rom 8:31 - "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"
S: THINGS!!! GOD'S GOT THIS!
S: THINGS! GOD'S WITH ME!
Do not fear is an invitation to spirit led partnership!
This does not mean we ignore the reality of the problem.. it means that in the midst of the problem we recognize there is a greater and higher reality -
~~~ I CAN BE AWARE yet NOT AFRAID. ~~~
IF MY COMMAND IS DNF - that means I'm always empowered to defeat the thing that comes against me.
DNF = I SPEAK MY REVELATION
DNF = I'M PREPARED ALREADY
DNF = GOD INVITED ME TO PARTICIPATE WITH HIM IN THIS!
IF GOD IS FOR ME - WHAT CAN SUCCEED AGAINST ME?!?!
I know who my God is:
I'VE SEEN HIM HEAL!
I'VE SEEN HIM WORK!
I'VE SEEN HIM PROVIDE!
I'VE SEEN HIM WORK MIRACLES!
I'VE SEEN HIM MOVE MOUNTAINS!
What is the mountain in your life right now? - I DECLARE DNF ~ THERE’S A PLOT TWIST COMING!
THIS IS MY REVELATION EXCLAMATION - I WILL NOT FEAR
THIS IS MY PREDETERMINED POSITION - I WILL NOT FEAR
I ACCEPT THAT THIS IS MY INVITATION TO PARTNERSHIP - I WILL NOT FEAR!
I've seen Him move mountains - so this mountain is just another opportunity.
This giant is just another opportunity to show his power.
This problem isn't a predicament it's a possibility to show HIS POWER!
