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August 22, 2022
THE FACE WITH THE NAME
I declare in Jesus name you are brining me words of knowledge and the people who need them. I am prepared to show your goodness to whoever you bring into my day. I will speak Jesus Christ into them.
THE FACE WITH THE NAMEIt’s not enough to just teach Jesus. You and I need to teach the goodness of Jesus through selfless acts of service and demonstrations of what Heaven values.
You see, the world doesn’t believe God is good. Why? Life is hard. Loved ones get sick or addicted. People die. There are more mouths to feed than money. Jobs are lost and disasters seem to strike from all sides.
Though God doesn’t cause these things to happen – we live in the fallen world as the consequence of sin – people believe that when bad invades their life, God is getting revenge for something they did wrong. Even longtime believers fall into this trap!
So, what do you tell the lost, hurting and downright angry? Simple. Tell them God is not mad at them. Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, we have been reconciled to the Father. That means there is no animosity between us. God’s not mad at anyone!
That’s good news to a dying world that has fashioned God in the image of man – vengeful, spiteful and filled with anger. You and I need to paint a different picture of who God is with our actions.
We need to paint Him as good, because He is. How people are treated in Heaven should be how people are treated on earth by those who bear the name of Christ. Let’s paint a new face – the true face – of God for all the world to see.
A face that loves His creation. A face that is good.
And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power – 1 Corinthians 2:4
From my book: Good Overcomes Evil
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August 21, 2022
EQUIPPING FOR THE JOURNEY OF UPGRADE
I declare in Jesus’ name I am prepared for the next step in my upgrade. As He reveals it, I will not let the enemy keep me stuck. I am bold and courageous in my plans because I have the mind of Christ!
EQUIPPING FOR THE JOURNEY TO UPGRADEWhen we think of the Spirit of St. Louis, we generally think of Charles Lindbergh’s airplane, which is hanging in the Smithsonian Institute. Actually, that airplane was named after a group of people from Missouri who prepared pioneers for their journey west into the unknown.
If you were adventurous enough to head out west, St. Louis was the place you went to get equipped, both mentally and physically. The journey was tedious, treacherous and trying. Because of this, it was only doable with the right preparation.
So it is with your journey to the next level of God’s plan for your life. You want to make sure your bags are packed correctly. Why?
Because if you are going to move forward to get your upgrade, you must become skilled at achieving goals. Yes, I pray for, meditate on and pursue supernatural skill sets for getting things done. This is done in four steps.
1) Set achievable goals. This is all about vision. Talk to the Holy Spirit about this.
2) Put together a strategy and a plan. This is all about getting wise counsel, doing your research and being teachable. If you’re not teachable, you’re in trouble.
3) Take action. This is all about courage. Again, talk to the Holy Spirit about this.
4) Review and stay on track. This is all about meditation and contemplation. Think God thoughts, practice stillness and go after peace as you consider what works, what needs a tweak and what needs thrown out.
I can tell you from personal experience, if you were to take these four steps seriously, you will become very skilled at achieving goals. This makes you a world changer!
Do you want to be a world changer? Do you want to find your life’s purpose and bring the Kingdom of heaven to earth? Get some oil for your lamp!
Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. – Matthew 25:1-4
From my book Living Life /Forward
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Uncovered II: Sex is God’s Idea
Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
2 Corinthians 2:12-17 (AMP) – Now when I arrived at Troas to preach the good news of Christ, even though a door [of opportunity] opened for me in the Lord, 13 my spirit could not rest because I did not find my brother Titus there; so saying goodbye to them, I left for Macedonia. 14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us spreads and makes evident everywhere the sweet fragrance of the knowledge of Him. 15 For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which ascends] to God, [discernible both] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; 16 to the latter one an aroma from death to death [a fatal, offensive odor], but to the other an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh].
The old King James says, “It’s life unto some and death unto others.”
Acts 9, Paul has an encounter with Jesus
Paul saw the Bible one way before Jesus and an entirely different way after Jesus.Matthew 6:23 – If your eye is evil then your whole is full of darkness.
John 14:6 (AMP) – Jesus said to him, “I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
The container for SEX is marriage
Between a man and a woman.
1 man, 1 woman in marriage.
Hebrews 13:4 – “Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”
The husband should fulfill his wife’s sexual needs, and the wife should fulfill her husband’s needs. (1 Corinthians 7:3)
The biblical word for passionate sex is “heat” or “burning.”
Fire has to be contained.
It’s like a fire in your house. If the fire is in the fireplace, it’s comforting, beneficial, fascinating, life-giving and the favorite part of your day.
You take it out of the fireplace and put it on the walls, the couch, and the furniture and it destroys everything. It leaves you in a miserable place where you are unprotected, ashamed and traumatized.
The picture of the strength of water: powers cities if it’s contained in the right way. Destroys and kills everything if the dam breaks. Even if you do survive, the landscape changes and it’s never the same.
Genesis 2:25 – And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.…Be Fruitful and multiply…
Sex is God’s idea
SANCTIFICATION IS THE ROAD TO HOLINESS
To separate something for God’s Use
“The process of sanctification takes deliberate action on our part.”
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August 20, 2022
SPECIAL ORDERS DON’T UPSET US
In the name of Jesus I declare I am on team Jesus. I follow only Him, not turning to the left or the right. I am stable because His word leads me and His Holy Spirit lives in me. It is my Counselor, Comforter and Light. I am never alone!
SPECIAL ORDERS DON’T UPSET USBeing a goal-driven, strategic thinker and planner, it’s hard for me when things don’t go like I planned them. I know it’s impossible to control every situation, but I try to make sure my goals are met and there is a positive outcome.
When I was younger, I had a tendency to let everyone know my displeasure when things didn’t work out as I hoped. Grumbling loudly and letting others know their efforts were not up to my expectations was par for the course when the results of a ministry event didn’t match my expectations. Again, I was young and needed to learn diplomacy and flexibility.
It’s like the old McDonald’s jingle: “Hold the pickles. Hold the lettuce. Special orders don’t upset us.” How long would this fast food icon be in business if it refused to hold the ketchup? Or worse yet, if the person taking your order threw a big fit and told you that ketchup comes standard on every burger so you can take it or leave it.
I’d leave it and so would you.
When Christians throw a galactic fit, get angry or show our disappointment by grumbling against others, and even God, we are a poor witness for the Kingdom. Who would want to be a Christian if we talk each other down and act like babies when things don’t work out perfectly?
I have news for you. It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be submitted to the will of God. It doesn’t always have to be your way, but it does have to be God’s way to be successful.
Like I always say, “Blessed are the flexible.” How many uncomfortable situations could you have had real peace in if you would just adopt this principle of thinking and leave the results of your efforts up to God?
By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. – John 5:30
From my book: Soul Invasion
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August 19, 2022
CONTENDERS VS. PRETENDERS
I declare in the name of Jesus, God’s love to me is becoming God’s love through me. Many will know the love of their Good Father in heaven when I demonstrate His hand and His heart here on earth. Today is day!
CONTENDERS VS. PRETENDERSWhen we know Jesus and seek to be just like Him, goodness is both the motivation for and the result of our actions.
They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share. – 1 Timothy 6:18
So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. – Galatians 6:10
When God is with us, we do good. We don’t just talk good, look good or act good – those things we can fake. The rubber hits the road when we do good.
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him. – Acts 10:38
God’s Word tells us that faith without action is dead. When we live in constant awareness of God’s presence, we do good. We bring life into bad places. The goodness we do overcomes evil and undoes darkness.
Remember, it’s the ACTS of the Apostles, not the “theology,” “opinions” or “thoughts” of the apostles!
The early church did not sit on its blessed assurance and hope a very good God would show up and do the work for them. The believed and acted on it. Their actions changed everything. They had a reputation for turning their world upside down, which was a good thing. Motivated by God’s goodness, they took on Hell with a water pistol and shook the foundations of Rome itself.
The church of today doesn’t look like that very often. Today’s Christians are often posers. There is a difference between an actor and a poser. An actor does all the hard work. He memorizes the script, hits his mark for the cameras and has the responsibility of convincing us of reality in the midst of fantasy.
Posers do none of that. They pretend to be actors. Like models or body doubles, they look like the original without any of the action. Don’t be a poser. Act!
From my book: Good Overcomes Evil
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August 18, 2022
Episode 136 – Talking with Mondo De La Vega
Hello, there trouble maker. In today’s podcast, I talk with a special guest from the PTL network, brother Mondo De La Vega. Would you like to donate to Troy Brewer Ministries to free girls and boys from sex trafficking? You can do that by clicking HERE or by texting “LIBERATED” to 77977
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“MY KIDS WILL NEVER GET SAVED”
I declare in the name of Jesus my children belong to you Lord. Your plans are always for good and their prosperity. Give me eyes to see them as You see them, a heart to love the like you do. They will love you with a full heart and walk in their true identity.
“MY KIDS WILL NEVER GET SAVED”If you live with the fear that your children will never get saved, you have listened to a lie from the pit of hell. Read the following scripture and be comforted:
But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. This is what the Lord says—he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. Some will say, ‘I belong to the Lord’; others will call themselves by the name of Jacob; still others will write on their hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and will take the name Israel. – Isaiah 44:1-5
Let me dismiss with polite protocol and get right to the point: You may have tried everything, and prayed and prayed, but don’t you dare give up on seeing victory in the life of your offspring! It is the will of God that they be saved. It is the will of God that they know the truth.
Yes, it is the will of God that they should be reconciled unto the Father and their names should be written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. It can happen. Heck, it’s going to happen because you are someone who is in covenant with the Lord your God!
That covenant does not just apply to your house, job and finances. His covenant also applies and extends to your seed (your unborn kids) and your offspring (your living children).
It is your job to have a right mind when it comes to believing God for victory in your kids’ lives. Do not give up! Make it your business to believe God and hope when others have fallen out.
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. Some will say, ‘I belong to the Lord’; others will call themselves by the name of Jacob; still others will write on their hand, ‘The Lord’s,’ and will take the name Israel. – Isaiah 44:3-5
From my book: Soul Invasion
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August 17, 2022
PRAYER: The Purpose, the Power and the Permissions
Pastor Jerry Sellers, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
Wednesday, Aug. 17, 22
Proverbs 19:21 (NIV) – Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails
God is more concerned about His purpose than He is about our plans.
The word purpose defined in the Hebrew text is:
Purpose: “original intent” or the “will of a mind.” You could say that Purpose is the original reason something was created. Purpose would be the motivation for creation or the reason for existence.
If you don’t know why––the purpose of something––there is potential to abuse it or misuse it. How can you properly steward something you don’t know the purpose of?
I have personally been in a season of studying about the Kingdom. Reading, digging, listening, researching and actually practicing some “new-to-me” revelation concepts.
Tonight I want to share with you something that may seem a little out there according to what you have been taught and led to believe. It involves the subject of prayer.
Friday, we as a church body will come together and seek the Lord intentionally for 24 hours straight praying and fasting. And I feel Friday is a good time to tap into this new concept and fresh understanding of the purpose for Prayer I have been studying and practicing.
Would you agree that believers should pray?
Jesus said
Luke 18:1 – Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart,
Matthew 6:5 – “And when you pray,”
“When” implies that you will do this.That prayer is a natural part of your life. Prayer according to our Lord is not a choice. It’s not an option. If you believe, you will pray.
Paul said,
1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 – Rejoice always, pray without ceasing,
Why is this not the normal lifestyle of believers? I mean how much of your day is spent praying? Oh, you say that is for intercessors. Well, the Bible doesn’t say intercessors should pray without ceasing.
TRUTH BOMB: The reason people don’t pray more is because their prayers don’t get results.
Let me throw out 3 logical questions concerning prayer…
1. If God is Sovereign, why pray?
If He is sovereign HE can do anything He wants to do. Right? So, why should we pray when He is going to do whatever He wants to anyhow.
2. If God is not influenced by us, why pray?
Sovereignty actually means that He is free from your influence. If I pray for something and He operates in His sovereignty then He can do the opposite. Why should I waste my time asking and begging and petitioning a God who will do what He fills like anyhow?
3. If God cannot be affected by what we say, why pray?
Let me share with you some thoughts to these questions…
God is as sovereign as His Word.
God is limited by His Word.
God will never violate His Word.
Why are these important? Can I encourage you to buckle up ask Holy Spirit as your guide to guide you into Truth even if it is hard to wrap your mind around.
Whatever God speaks or whatever God says becomes law. Not only to creation and mankind, but also it becomes law to God. God is sovereign until He speaks and creates Law.
As long as God doesn’t speak, He is sovereign and is not limited. But when He speaks, He becomes boxed in by what He says. Maybe this is why God doesn’t speak as much as we would like because He knows if He does then He has to do it.
God is limited by what He says. So when God speaks, His sovereignty becomes limited by His words. Prayer was created by the limitation of God’s Word.
Here is something that is interesting: the only thing the disciples asked Jesus for was to teach them how to pray. Man, I would have signed up for “How to Walk on Water” class, the “Raise the Dead”, “Giving Sight to the Blind” or making “Barren Wombs Fruitful” classes.
They only thing they asked the Lord was to how to pray.
Luke 11:1 – Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.”
Why did they only ask Him to teach them to pray? Maybe because they caught on. They became smart after awhile. They finally observed enough to get it.
The Bible says, “early in the morning, rising up a great while before day Jesus got up and went alone to pray.”
A great while before day. My understanding that over in the middle east the day starts between 4:30 and 5 am when the sun comes up. He woke up a great while before day. He must of started His alone time around 3 am every day.
Jesus prayed 2, 3, maybe as much as 4 hours a day. Every time the disciples woke up, they caught him engaged in prayer.
When He got done praying, He said. “Let’s go to town.” They would go to town and he would do something crazy. He would walk up to a blind man and say, “What can I do for you?” The blind man would say, “I want to receive my sight,” and He would say to the blind man, “Then see,” and He would walk off. A fraction of a second he could see. Lepers, the lame, the demon possessed, the dead…
His disciples began to understand that He spent hours praying, but only seconds to heal. We spend hours trying to cast a demon out (I bind you! I loose you!) but only minutes with the Father.
The disciples’ conclusion was if you spend hours in prayer with God, you’ll only need to spend a minute with men in the day. They where logical. What do we do? We spend a very brief time with God, then hours during the day trying to solve a problem with men.
The priority of Jesus was not ministry to men and there’s our problem. Time in prayer is not time wasted. It’s time invested.
We need to be prepared for ministry. Remember the story when the disciples were trying to cast out a demon and could not? Jesus said, “This kind only comes out through prayer and fasting,” after you have spent some serious focused time with Him.
I believe we are in the season where God is fixing to do some serious business on this earth. But first, He is looking for some people to do some serious business with Him.
I want to finish this by presenting a different lens: a fresh viewpoint on prayer. Why did Jesus invest so much into prayer? Why was it a priority? He understood the beginning of prayer—the purpose.
Genesis 1:26 – Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
“Let them.” Remember, when God speaks His words become law. God said, “Let them have dominion over…”
Everybody say with me “LET THEM.”
It’s the most powerful statement concerning prayer you could ever learn. Let them have dominion. Let them dominate. If He would have said, “Let Us have dominion,” He would have included Himself. He didn’t. He said, “Let them.” Who is “them?” Man. What is man? A man is a strange creature.
In Genesis 1, God created man. In chapter 2, He made the body for man and then put the man inside the body. The word “man” is actually the name God gave to the spirit being. Then God gave an assignment that was physical to that man and the spirit cannot appreciate physical things. So. God had to create an earth suit for the spiritual man. God took the man (spirit) and put him inside the earth body in Genesis 2:8. Therefore, God made man a spirit first then placed him inside the earth body as a physical house.
A human. Human is two words put together: Humis and man. Humis meaning “earth” or “dirt” and man meaning “spirit.” You put Humis and man together and we call it Human. A human is a spirit inside a dirt body. It is an integration of spiritual and physical–supernatural and natural.
It is that creature God said, “Let them have dominion over all the Earth.” Therefore, the only creature who has legal authority on earth is a human. The only creature God said, “Have dominion. Dominate the earth,” was a Human. A spirit inside a dirt body. Any spirit without a body is illegal on planet earth. We call those demons.
Don’t let me lose you. Therefore, for God to get anything done on earth, He has to obey His own word. He has to obey what He has previously spoken.
The Bible says in Psalms 138:2 that God has placed His word above His name. The Hebrew word for “name” is “to be.” In Hebrew, the name of the thing is the thing. So, when he said, “I have placed my word above my name,” He was saying, “I place my word above myself.”
JESUS IS THE WORD WHO BECOME FLESH AND DWELT AMONG US.
He will not break His own word. He will not violate His own word; his very character. That’s what makes God faithful. He keeps His word not only to you, but to Himself.
So, here is the hook. God will not violate His own word, therefore God cannot come to this planet. God cannot interfere in what’s taking place on earth without a body. Not because He is weak. Not because He is not powerful. Not because He is not mighty, but because He is faithful to His word.
He will not break His word. That would make Him a liar and He would become untrustworthy. God will never come as a spirit to this earth without a body because He spoke and it became law.
Therefore, if anything is going to be done on earth legally it has to be done by a spirit within a body.
Example: Adam and Eve fixing to eat the fruit.
God could not interfere because God is Spirit. He couldn’t stop Eve. Why? Because if God would have come in as a Spirit without a body, He would have broken His own Word. He would have become untrustworthy.
Even Satan knew that to do business on earth, you need a body. There was no room for him in Adam and Eve so he went to serpent–a snake–and negotiated to use his dirt body. So God could not stop them only as a spirit then become a liar. We know God is not a liar.
God is so good. When Adam and Eve fell, God said to Satan in Genesis 3:15 (PJ version). He said, “Satan you know I can’t intervene right now cause you know my law and that I keep my word. I’ll make you a promise Lucifer. That same woman you used to steal dominion and authority is the same woman that I’m going to come into legally. She is going to give me a body legally and I will deal with you.”
“I’m going to use her to come to the earth legally. I’m going to crush your head legally.” Christmas was necessary because of God’s Word.
“In the fullness of time God sent forth His Son born of a woman.” Isaiah said, “You ain’t believed my report. I saw something. I saw a virgin with child and the name of the child was Emmanuel. Im means ‘In.’ Man means ‘mankind,’ and el means ‘Elohim.’ I saw God inside a man–a human body. I can’t understand it, but God is coming legally. He is going to take back the power legally.”
When God came to Mary, He said, “You’re highly favored.” She said, “Why?” He said, “Because I want to borrow your womb. I want to be legal.”
What God was saying in Genesis 3:15 to satan was that the woman would be his nightmare. When God designed Eve, He literally designed her for Him. “Satan, I gotcha. I made arrangements to come into the human race. That woman shall bear me a seed. And her seed will stomp your head.”
He said, “Mary, you shall call the child Jesus.”
Isaiah 9:6 – For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government shall be upon his shoulders
Now, the child was born, but the son wasn’t. Mary bore the child, but God gave the Son. Mary produced the body. but God gave the Spirit. Mary produced the house, but God provided the resident. In other words, Mary is the mother of Jesus, but she is not the mother of Christ.
Jesus is the body. Christ is God. That’s why He’s called “Jesus the Christ.” Jesus made Christ legal. That’s why Jesus could pray on earth He was legal.
What is prayer? Myles Munroe states it this way:
Prayer is man giving God license to interfere on planet earth. In all my reading and study, I haven’t found anywhere that God did something on earth that did not involve a human.
Abraham, Moses…
Could it be that God needs you to impact this city? Prayer is not an option; it’s a necessity.
Maybe this will now make sense. Jesus said, “I have given you the keys to the Kingdom. Whatever you bind on earth then heaven can bind and whatever you loose on earth then Heaven can loose.”
Your body is important to God. When your body stops working, you have to leave because you’re now illegal. God is so committed to your body, He has provided a program called healing. Just maybe healing is not for you to feel better. What if it’s for God to have a functioning body to do His work here on earth? Maybe it’s not about you but it’s about Him!
The dirt body is important to God. Christ is a Spirit and He is illegal on earth without a body. Now, don’t misinterpret what I am fixing to say. None of the gospels says Jesus died. Now, I know He did, but what it says is “He gave up His spirit” or “breathed His last.” In the Greek, the verbiage is “He expired.” He “blew,” he “released Christ.”
Jesus died. Christ didn’t. Only Jesus, the earth suit, died. The same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead shall raise your mortal bodies.
So, when Jesus died, He released Christ and Christ went down to Sheol, Hades, walked in the dungeons of darkness, kicked open the door, went up to Satan sitting on a throne reigning by bluff.
Christ walked up to Lucifer and says, “I come to get some things.”
Lucifer says, “You can’t come down here. You have to be dead to come down here.”
And Christ said, “Jesus is dead. His body is upstairs,” and he kept on walking.
Lucifer said, “You can’t come here. Only sin can kill a man.”
Christ said, That body up there has the sin of the whole world in it that’s what killed it. I have come for something.”
He walked up to Lucifer and put His hands on his belt. He pulled off 3 keys–Death, hell and the grave. Christ turned around and said, “I”ll be back.” Then he went and set the captives free.
“Come on Abraham. Come on Moses. Come on Noah. Come on David.” And He took them to Paradise.
Deposited them before the Father, and “I’m not finished yet I have to go back down to earth.”
I can see Gabriel telling Christ, “You can’t go back down without a body.” Christ said, “I got one on ice.” Christ came back down to earth, went inside the tomb, inside the body of Jesus. He came back alive. Kicked the stone from the entrance and walked out in resurrection power.
40 days after spending time with His disciples, He said, “Now I gotta go, but I will be back.”
“But Christ, you can’t come back. You got no body. You’ll be illegal.”
And Christ said, “I made arrangements. I got a body but this time its not two hands and its not two feet: it’s millions of hands and millions of feet. I still got a body. I’m still legal.” That why The church is never called the body of Jesus. It’s called the body of Christ. Believer, Christian, Church; He needs your body to be legal on earth.
Stand up and say I give you permission through my body, through my faith, to invade the nations, my country, my state, my city, family, my church, my life. That’s what prayer is all about….whatever you bind is bound in heaven. Whatever you loose is loosed in Heaven. Go after your healing. He needs your body to get some work done.
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SEEK GREATNESS
I declare in Jesus’ name I will not be passive. I am not a bystander. God is awakening dreams in my life. He is resurrecting long-forgotten passion and purpose. I will bring the Kingdom to those around me through my zeal for God.
SEEK GREATNESSThere are some truly great writers in the world. Unfortunately, I am not one of them.
Sure, I can spin a yarn. I love to tell stories and, after the dust settles, most of what I write is actually worth reading. Why? Because passion moves things into greatness before talent does.
Yes, it’s my passion for the pen and addiction to ink that makes my stuff worth reading. God loves to use passion for greatness. Because of this, you don’t have to be great to really be great.
Is Willie Nelson a great singer? No, and if you don’t believe me, listen to what a train wreck he sounds like next to Julio Iglesias in “To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before.” Despite the gravel in his voice, to millions of people, it doesn’t matter if he’s a great singer, he’s just great.
Do you aspire to greatness? Find your passion. Discover how it can be used to bring people to Christ.
Passionate about music? Write songs about Jesus and sing them to people without hope. Love motorcycles? Jump on your Harley and go to rallies where non-believers congregate. Passionate about fishing? Invite the unsaved to go out on your boat, then tell them about how God not only loved to fish, but has a real soft spot for fishermen.
You, who have shown me great and severe troubles, Shall revive me again, And bring me up again from the depths of the earth. You shall increase my greatness, And comfort me on every side. – Psalms 71:20-21
Your passions are yours and yours alone. Only when you find them, will you be able to tap into your greatness. If I put my writings side by side with Truman Capote, Harper Lee or Larry McMurtry, I might look like a train wreck too. But, like Willie, I’m not trying to be any of these people. On most days, it feels good to be me. It is all I have to work with, so I’m determined to be happy about it.
Are you? If you’re not happy with who you are, find your passion and turn it into greatness for the Kingdom!
From my book: Best of the Brewer
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August 16, 2022
REVELATION REPORT: REVELATION REWIND? Are Prophetic Events Repeating?
Pastor Troy Brewer, OpenDoor Church, Burleson, TX
Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2022
PROPHETIC LAYERS, FORERUNNERS & FORESHADOWING – WHAT ARE THEY?
WHY FORESHADOW?
1. WARNING
2. WISDOM IN HOW TO ACT AND REACT
3. TO PROVE HIS SOVEREIGNTY – ONLY THE REAL GOD CAN TELL THE FUTURE
Isaiah 46:10 – Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’
ONLY A GOD WHO KNOWS ALL OF TIME FROM THE END TO THE BEGINNING COULD FORESHADOW HISTORIC EVENTS.
SOLOMON UNDERSTOOD THIS.
Ecclesiastes 1:9 – That which has been is what will be, That which is done is what will be done, And there is nothing new under the sun.
THAT’S WHY THERE ARE 28 TIMES AND SEASONS LISTED IN ECCLESIASTES. IT’S A ROTATING CYCLE.
TODAY’S QUESTION:
IS THE EXODUS A FORESHADOWING OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION?
1. WAS PHARAOH A FORESHADOWING OF THE ANTI-CHRIST?
PHAROAH WAS WORSHIPPED AS A GOD. HE HAD COMPLETE CONTROL OVER THE LIFE AND DEATH OF EVERY SLAVE AND FREE MAN IN EGYPT. HE DEMANDED COMPLETE SUBMISSION.
The Beast from the Sea (Anti-Christ)
Revelation 13:6-8 – Then he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme His name, His tabernacle, and those who dwell in heaven. 7 It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe, tongue, and nation. 8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
2. WERE THE 10 PLAGUES OF MOSES FORERUNNERS OF PLAGUES AND APOCALYPTIC EVENTS IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION?
WATER TURNS TO BLOOD
Exodus 7:14-24
Revelation 16:3-7
Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood
Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood
FROGS
Exodus 7:25-8:15
Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up
Revelation 16:12 – Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared. 13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
GNATS & FLIES – PESTILENCE
Exodus 8:16-19 & Exodus 8:20-32
Matthew 24:7 – For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
LIVESTOCK DIE
Exodus 9:1-7
Joel 1:18-20 (1st Trumpet Interpretation by Joel)
“How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed because there is no pasture for them; even the flocks of sheep suffer. 19 To you, O LORD, I call. For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field. 20 Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.”
BOILS
Exodus 9:8-12
First Bowl: Loathsome Sores
Revelation 16:2 So the first went and poured out his bowl upon the earth, and a foul and loathsome sore came upon the men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.
HAIL
Exodus 9:13-35
Seventh Bowl: The Earth Utterly Shaken
Revelation 16:21– And great hail from heaven fell upon men, each hailstone about the weight of a talent. Men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, since that plague was exceedingly great.
LOCUSTS
Exodus 10:1-20
Revelation 9:1-2 – And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. 2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
DARKNESS
Exodus 10:21-29
Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain
Revelation 16:10 – Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues because of the pain. 11 They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and did not repent of their deeds.
DEATH
Exodus 11:1-12:29-32
Revelation 6:7-8 – 7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. 8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
3. ARE MOSES & AARON THE ORIGINAL 2 WITNESSES?
Exodus 7:1-2; 7 – So the Lord said to Moses: “See, I have made you as God to Pharaoh, and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. 2 You shall speak all that I command you. And Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to send the children of Israel out of his land… 7 And Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh.
Revelation 11:3 – “And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”… 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire proceeds from their mouth and devours their enemies… 6 These have power to shut heaven, so that no rain falls in the days of their prophecy; and they have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they desire.
DO YOU SEE THE SIMILARITIES?
(SIDE NOTE: MOSES CAN’T BE ONE OF THE TWO WITNESSES OF REVELATION! HE’S ALREADY HELD THAT POST AND COMPLETED THAT MISSION.)
4. IN THE EXODUS ACCOUNT, THERE WERE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
IN REVELATION, THERE ARE THE 144,000 JEWISH EVANGELISTS FROM THE 12 TRIBES THAT BRING THE WORLD TO REPENTANCE.
5. THE REVELATION 12 WOMAN (ISRAEL) HIDES FROM THE DRAGON FOR 42 MONTHS
Revelation 12:6 – Then the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that they should feed her there one thousand two hundred and sixty days.
IN THE EXODUS ACCOUNT, THE JEWISH PEOPLE CAMPED IN 42 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BEFORE GOING INTO THE PROMISED LAND.
6. IN THE EXODUS ACCOUNT, PHARAOH ORDERS THE HEBREWS TO MAKE BRICKS WITH NO STRAW
7. THE EXODUS ACCOUNT ENDS WITH A WEDDING & THE GIVING OF THE WEDDING VOWS – THE TEN COMMANDMENTS – IN THE WILDERNESS (EXODUS 19-20)
IN REVELATION, THE TRIBULATION PERIOD STARTS OFF WITH A WEDDING WHICH LASTS SEVEN YEARS. (Revelation 4:1-2; 21:2; 21:9; 22:17
9. IS THE ACCOUNT OF DAVID AND GOLIATH A PROPHETIC PICTURE OF JESUS VS. THE ANTI-CHRIST?
THIS IS WHERE THE BATTLE BEGINS – WITH 2 DIFFERENT SEEDS
Genesis 3:15 – And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.”
JESUS IS THE “SON OF DAVID” AND PROUD TO BE SO!BOTH DAVID AND JESUS ARE THE “SEED OF THE WOMAN” DAVID: MAN AFTER THE FATHER’S HEART JESUS: DEMONSTRATED THE HEART OF THE FATHERGOLIATH: A GIANT – HYBRID SEED OF FALLEN ANGELIC BEING AND A WOMANDOG DNA?GOLIATH AND THE NUMBER 6:HEIGHT: 6 FOOT AND A SPANSPEAR HEAD WEIGHED 600 SHEKELSWORE 6 PIECES OF ARMOR (1 Samuel 17:4-7)ANTI-CHRIST IS MARKED BY THE NUMBER 666LIKE GOLIATH, THE SERPENT IN THE GARDEN WAS VERY LIKELY A HYBRID –AN ANIMAL CROSSED WITH ANGELIC SEED. THE ANTI-CHRIST IS LIKELY “THE LAST NEPHILIM”10. IS THE JUDGMENT OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH A PROPHETIC PICTURE OF REVELATION 9?
Revelation 9:14-18 – Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year , for to slay the third part of men.
USING THE HEBREW CALENDAR, THAT IS 392 DAYS.
FROM THE DAY OF THE FLOOD TO THE DAY THE LORD HIMSELF SHOWED UP TO ABRAHAM ON HIS WAY TO BRING JUDGMENT TO SODOM AND GOMORRAH IN GENESIS CHAPTER 18 WAS – GET THIS – 392 YEARS.
ONLY THE ONE TRUE GOD CAN KNOW THE END FROM THE BEGINNING— CAN KNOW THE FUTURE AND FULFILL IT.
ASIDE:
FUN THING TO CONSIDER: READING GENESIS 18, IT’S CLEAR THAT THE ENTIRE TRINITY SHOWED UP TO ABRAHAM. LIKE GENESIS 1:26 WHERE GOD IS CLEARLY THREE-IN-ONE, THE LORD—IN TRINITY FORM– CAME TO ABRAHAM TO DELIVER BOTH GOOD AND BAD NEWS: A SON OF PROMISE WOULD BE BORN & JUDGMENT WAS COMING TO THE WICKED.
Genesis 18:1-5 – Then the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 So he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground, 3 and said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant. 4 Please let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 And I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.”
They said, “Do as you have said.”
THREE TIMES IN THIS ACCOUNT, THE THREE MEN RESPOND IN UNISON.
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