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ARE YOU READY FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

You are a kingdom rock star; you have fought the good fight. The Lord is bringing you into a new assignment where your victory has been predetermined. Go into this new place with supernatural confidence, victory is yours!

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY

Here is a concept I need you to understand: In the Kingdom of God, you do not fight for victory. You fight from victory. 

You see, you are already positioned in victory and for victory. Jesus is just waiting for you to step out and be the warrior He created you to be!

From faith to faith – Romans 1:17

You leap to the next level of faith from the victory of your current breakthrough in faith. When God heals you of a cold, it is from that place you begin to reach for faith in healing a major disease. When you see someone healed of a major disease, momentum carries you to reach for faith to raise the dead.

This momentum comes from encounter and personal experience only. 

From glory to glory – 2 Corinthians 3:18

Glory is when your right relationship with God becomes manifest. Moses so wanted to see the glory of God and to see Him face to face. When you go from glory to glory, you move from deep to deeper places of relationship. 

That’s why the Bible says in Psalms 42:7 that “Deep calls unto deep…” God takes us into what is extraordinary and makes it a common way of life.

From everlasting to everlasting – Psalms 41:13

Eternity invades the temporary and heaven invades earth through the momentum of the last way you experienced eternity move into time. 

Momentum is so powerful, just think how much time the enemy must spend trying to put the brakes on your momentum!  He doesn’t want you to be an unstoppable freight train of God’s goodness, generosity or power. He wants you to take a step, then freeze up for a while, or forget to move forward at all. But that’s not you!

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO LET THE PRINCIPLE AND PROMISE OF MOMENTUM EXCITE YOU. LET IT MOTIVATE YOU TO FIGHT FOR FORWARD AND GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE GRACE TO MOVE ALL THE MORE!

FROM MY BOOK LIVING LIFE FORWARD

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YOUR PAIN IS ONLY TEMPORARY

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Though it is a fact that Christians suffer pain, truth trumps fact! And the truth is, grace overrides pain. The Lord will stand beside you, arms interlocked and provide you with protection. Stand by and see the Glory of God!

THREE PAINFUL TRUTHS

When it comes to pain, there are three truths you can count on:

Life is painful — even for believers. Sometimes it is good to feel pain.Pain is only temporary.

It is a lie from the pit of hell that God doesn’t want us to feel pain. In fact, hoping to help unbelievers make a decision to follow Jesus, many well-meaning Christians resort to false advertising. They actually tell people that once they become a believer, their problems will vanish and Jesus will make everything great. 

Now, this is the truth, but not here on this earth and not right now.

“In this world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world.”– John 16:33b

Jesus, himself, warned us that there would be pain in this life. He experienced physical, emotional and spiritual pain every day He was here on earth. He was aware of the human condition before He became an embryo in a Jewish teenager’s womb, yet He came anyway. Why?

To establish an end point for your pain through salvation!

I can’t help but think the main reason God is a jealous for His throne – that He doesn’t want you and I to follow the devil’s example and want to be our own god – is because the job of God is so painful, He’d never wish it on any of us!

As a parent, it is painful to watch your children struggle. It’s painful to watch them be sick, hurting, lost, lonely, prideful, angry, imprisoned or addicted. This is what God feels watching us, His kids. He is the perfect Father, yet we rebel against Him. Oh, how we grieve Him!

So, don’t buy into the lie that the Christian life should be painless. As long as you’re walking this earth, you will continue to experience, and even cause, pain. 

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TURN TO JESUS! THROUGH HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION, YOU CAN PUT A TIME LIMIT ON YOUR PAIN. CALL ON HIS NAME AND FOLLOW HIM!

FROM MY BOOK SOUL INVASION

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YOUR WORTH COMES FROM JESUS

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Don’t worry about what others say about you. Your worth comes from Jesus, who loves you so very much. His opinion is the only one that counts. Be ready for a drink of living water from the One who is ready to fill you up.

MALFUNCTION TO MISSIONARY

No matter how messed up you are, this I promise you: there is always someone who’s more of a malfunction than you. I know what I’m talking about because when you start taking steps toward upgrade, God will bring you some of the most colorful characters to practice on.

The Bible gives us an account of woman who was truly the walking wounded — just the type of person God will send your way when you’re learning to step out.

Jesus was traveling from Jerusalem in the south, to Galilee in the north. The quickest route was through Samaria. Know this — Jews hated Samaritans. There were serious racial and cultural tensions between the groups. The disciples were not happy about traveling through what they considered a ghetto. Bottom line: Jews did not speak to lowly Samaritans.

Tired and thirsty, our Lord sat by Jacob’s Well and sent the disciples to a nearby village to buy food. It was the hottest part of the day when a Samaritan woman came to draw water.

First off, nobody draws water in the heat of the day unless they don’t want to be seen, and this major malfunction was sick of the disapproving looks and nasty comments. She endured a blast furnace to avoid the gossips, that is, until Jesus came along and blew her mind with a simple question:

“Will you give me a drink?” -John 4:7

BOOM! The woman was shocked! In His encounter with the famous “woman at the well,” Jesus broke three major Jewish customs: First, He spoke to a woman; second, she was a Samaritan; third, when He asked for a drink of water, He would have to use her cup or water jar, making him ceremonially unclean. She knew this and queried, “How can you ask me for a drink?”

Jesus replies she should ask Him for “living water” so she won’t be thirsty anymore because it leads to eternal life. He then tells her all about her miserable life: five divorces, shacking up with a man who won’t commit, lonely and shunned with a dry heart in need of refreshment. She doesn’t deny it, but makes a statement that must have made the Savior’s heart leap:

“Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.”

Translate that as: “Where is God?” Holy smokes! A fallen woman from the wrong side of the tracks is looking for God! She recognizes Him as the man asking for a drink, then rounds up those nasty gossips to hear what Jesus has to say. Malfunction to missionary in one short conversation. The Bible says Jesus stayed in Samaria two more days and “many came to know Him because of the woman’s testimony.”

Jesus was literally born to bless the mess and so are you!

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TAKE THOSE FIRST STEPS TOWARD UPGRADE BY SHARING SOME LIVING WATER. 

Don’t be afraid of failure or rejection. Don’t be ashamed of your past or your circumstances. The woman at the well wasn’t and her testimony led her enemies out of darkness! Just move forward and see who Jesus brings your way. He will knock your socks off every time!

FROM MY BOOK LIVING LIFE FORWARD

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ARE YOU READY TO STEP OUT IN FAITH?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

God has been asking you to do something unusual. This unusual act is the beginning of a new season for you. Step out in faith, knowing that God has your back, and always has a reason for what He asks.

GOING FISHING IN LAS HADAS

I was a very young man when Pastor Howard Richardson called me by name at a tent meeting in Grand Prairie, Texas. He had been praising and seeking the Lord, then said the words I will never forget.

“Troy,” he said, “when I see you, the Lord shows me something really off-the-wall. I see you catching a great big fish somewhere and when you catch it, the Lord is saying it’s a sign that your ministry is not going to be a little bitty ministry, but a great big ministry.”

That was an off-the-wall word. Months passed and I began to forget the prophecy that would forever shape my life.

At that time, there was a huge perk at the company I worked for – an all-expense paid vacation to Las Hadas, Mexico. For a young couple, it was a real Godsend!

The food was fabulous, the beach beautiful and the accommodations five star. One of the days, they let us pick an activity. We could either go scuba diving or deep sea fishing. Leanna was excited about the fishing, but I was not. My last fishing trip was a 12-hour pukefest, but I agreed.

I’m so glad I did.

There were six of us in the boat and the sailfish were biting. The captain said he had never seen anything like it – fish on all six lines at the same time! With only one chair, we had to take turns. It took hours and hours and when my turn came, I began reeling and my line snapped. Bummer!

However, my tired bride gladly handed me her pole and I pulled in a 9-foot, 6-inch sailfish. 

I never will forget that night as I lay in bed exhausted. We were both almost asleep when Leanna calmly said, “Troy, do you remember the prophecy Howard gave you about catching the big fish?”

I nearly fell out of bed. That’s when things started to happen. I came back from Mexico knowing that God had a world-wide ministry for me. Our ministry began to take shape and God began to bless Leanna and I, showering us with favor. 

While OpenDoor Church and the OpenDoor Food Bank have exploded over the years and is now world-wide, I believe we are just getting started. 

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO ASK GOD FOR A PROPHECY OVER YOUR LIFE.  I DOUBLE-DOG DARE YOU TO SINCERELY ASK FOR GOD TO SPEAK TO YOU IN AN OFF-THE-WALL KIND OF WAY THEN GO AFTER WHAT HE HAS FOR YOU!

FROM MY BOOK MIRACLES WITH A MESSAGE

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Episode 3 – Extreme Mustard Seed Faith

The tiny part of the seed is not the faith but the details.

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WHERE DOES JESUS OPERATE IN YOU?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

You are no longer a slave to the natural beast within. You have been set free through the blood of Jesus Christ. You will not listen to the lies of the natural carnal spirit that makes you a soul man. 

DON’T BE A SOUL MAN

I remember the late John Belushi of The Blues Brothers standing on the edge of a stage in a white-hot spotlight singing, “I’m a soul man!” 

As much as I love that song, I don’t sing it anymore and I’ll tell you why: it’s a bad testimony.

You see, you and I are not supposed to be soul men and women. We are supposed to be “Spirit of God” men and women.

And so it is written, the first man, Adam, was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. – 1 Corinthians 15:44-45

The last Adam was, of course, Jesus.

People say the difference between an animal and a person is that an animal doesn’t have a soul. This is wrong. Animals have souls just like we do. According to the Bible, the soul is the psyche — or our mind. The soul is the thinking realm, and get this – it is animalistic in nature, but let’s just call it what it is – the beast within.

A beast has a mind, a will and emotions. It goes after what it wants and runs away from what it’s scared of. It meets its impulses by whatever opportunity comes its way – a brute beast.

But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.– Jude 1:10

What makes someone like an animal? What they do and don’t know naturally. Look at what Peter says on the subject:

But these, like natural brute beasts made to be caught and destroyed, speak evil of things they do not understand, and will utterly perish in their own corruption. – 2 Peter 2:12

The bottom line is this: the soul is your thought life, your emotions and we know they are liars. According to these verses, beasts are meant to be caught in the snare – to be put into bondage, often by their own corruption. Most people, even believers, don’t understand this.

So where does Jesus operate in you? The Bible tells us it’s in your Spirit, not your soul. Know the difference and don’t listen to your head or your heart. Call on the Spirit of Truth within you.

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT FOR THE KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM TO RECOGNIZE THE BRUTE BEAST IN YOU SO YOU CAN SET IT FREE WITH THE TRUTH OF JESUS’ LOVE.

FROM MY BOOK SOUL INVASION

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BASIC INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LEAVING EARTH

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

God is in the process of transforming your mind. Give those thoughts that keep barraging your mind that you know are not God to God. Let His Word pour into you to radically transform your mind. Don’t forget that you have the mind of Christ!

B ASIC I NSTRUCTIONS B EFORE L EAVING E ARTH!

It’s amazing to me that some of the smartest people on planet Earth aren’t very wise. Take this quote from the talented artist and songwriter Terry Riley for example:

“The incredible thing about the human mind is that it didn’t come with an instruction book.”

We’ve all heard the tired young couple with a newborn say, “Wish they came with an instruction manual!”

Well, they do. The oldest, most distributed book in the world, the Bible, is a God-given book of instruction on how we are to live, think and what we are to think about. How do I know this?

The word “mind” appears 187 times in the Bible. The word “soul” (thinking, will, emotions) appears 536 times, while “think” appears in 82 scriptures and “imagine” is written 46 times. “Consider” and “suppose” appear another 76 times. The grand total? 816 instruction to shape our thought lives. Why?

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: -Proverbs 23:7

It’s true! We become what we think about! That’s why God is greatly concerned with our thought life. In specific, He instructs us with this truth:

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. Whatever you have learned for received or heard from me, or seen in me – put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” – Philippians 4:8-9

Do you want the God of peace to be with you? Of course, you do! Then think about good, pure and excellent things because HE IS good, pure and excellent! Now there is some great advice, or instruction, from the Word of God!

Those who maintain the myth that God didn’t give us an instruction manual for our brains, never came across 1 Corinthians 12. Look it up! It’s one of the most important instruction manuals you will ever read.

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO TURN AWAY FROM THE MYTH THAT YOU CANNOT CONTROL YOUR MIND. YOU CAN! THE BIBLE IS FULL OF INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO THINK. IT WILL PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE GOD OF PEACE, HIMSELF!

FROM MY BOOK SOUL INVASION

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CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Jesus has put a yearning in you to do great things. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Because Jesus put that desire in you, not everyone who sees the longing in your heart to do great things for God will understand, but just keep moving forward anyway. God is placing great opportunities in front of you so that you can make a difference in His Kingdom. As you step out in faith, more opportunities will follow.

CHOOSING YOUR BATTLES

I have a friend who was an Emmy Award-winning television producer, yet for all her success, she was a failure at leadership. She was young and backslidden at the time, but Jesus shouted to her one day through the voice of an angry co-worker. It’s good that she listened.

“You argue over everything! Only you have the answer. Your opinion or idea is always best. People are tired of always having to fight with you. They’ve stopped listening to you because you don’t know what hill to die on — you die on them all. You need to learn to choose your battles!”

Wow! That was a wake up call for my friend and an alarm that should be sounding in your ear. 

It’s true — not everything is worth fighting over. And not everything is worth fighting for. Make no mistake, upgrade is worth fighting for. 

“Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest.”-Luke 9:46

Jesus’ 12 best friends, His disciples, had it right. They fought over not only being great, but which one of them would be the greatest! Because they yearned for more of the greatness of Jesus, it started rubbing off on them — ordinary fishermen and tax collectors. People the world thought of as nothing special or, in the case of tax collectors, despised thieves, were suddenly wanting to not only be great, but good, like their leader. 

In Jesus, we have the best example of greatness and goodness. I think He got a kick out of his friends trying to one-up each other for the crown of greatness. He would surely get a kick out of you deciding to go after it too! 

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO SEARCH OUT THE HEART OF THE KING IN SCRIPTURE.  BE REAL WITH HIM ABOUT YOUR DESIRE FOR MORE OF HIM  AND TO BE GREATLY USED FOR THE KINGDOM!    

FROM MY BOOK LIVING LIFE FORWARD

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IT’S GOOD TO BE FAMOUS IN HELL

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

God sees you as one who steps out even in the face of fear. He calls you a mighty warrior of valor. 

IT’S GOOD TO BE FAMOUS IN HELL

I’ve had lots of prophetic things spoken to me through the years. Some by people of God. Some by the devil himself. This is the true story of one of Hell’s prophets.

I was invited to speak one-on-one with several inmates in solitary confinement in a prison just outside of Huntsville, Texas. When I went to introduce myself to one individual, he interrupted me and said, “I know who you are, Troy Brewer. You are going to die a horrible death and blah, blah, blah…” 

He proceeded to pronounce curse after curse at me and upon my family before spitting right into the glass where my face was! I had never seen this man in my life, but he was calling me by name and declaring things for me that, privately, I’m afraid of. He didn’t know me, but the devil within him did. 

So I started yelling back, “You are not the author and the finisher of my faith. No weapon formed against me shall prosper.” 

He banged his head against the wall and started chanting my name over and over. I quoted every scripture I could think of at the top of my lungs. The two of us made so much racket that I was ushered back to the chaplain’s office.

While the slanderous outburst caught me off guard and gave me the heebie-jeebies, I had a lot of time to think about what happened in that prison cell. On my three-hour drive home, it occurred to me that it’s good to be famous in Hell. 

The Bible records the seven sons of Sceva went to take on a demon-possessed man, but they bit off more that they could chew. Those fools went toe-to-toe with a demon without the power of Christ when they said, “We command you in the name of Jesus that Paul preaches…”

Acts 19:15-17 records what happened next.

But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you?” And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, mastered all of them, and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

The devil’s answer was that he had never heard of them. Not only did he beat the fire out of them, they left naked! I’ve determined from this scripture that it is good to be famous in hell.

I hope the devil wakes up every morning cussing me and goes to bed cussing me! I hope your name is No. 2, just under mine on the devil’s top 10 hit list! I hope that the very mention of your name brings to mind terrible disappointment and thoughts of opportunity lost to that cosmic punk. To hell with the devil!

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO MAKE YOURSELF FAMOUS IN HELL. BECOME HIS ITCH THAT NEVER GETS SCRATCHED BY GLORIFYING JESUS WITH YOUR SERVICE, WITNESS AND LOVE!  SEND HIS DEMONS PACKING BECAUSE YOU ARE MORE THAN A CONQUEROR!

FROM MY BOOK: MIRACLES WITH A MESSAGE

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HIDING BEHIND THE STAINED GLASS?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

You are a representative of the Most High God. God is love and love not only represents God but “reflects Him.” He is all about freedom and not about control. You carry His presence in a way that makes the world want what you have.

A TROLL UNDER THE BRIDGE

In the late 1980s, I spent a lot of time under the I-45 bridge in downtown Dallas. It was a huge gathering spot for the homeless known as “Shanty Town.”

I sang and played guitar for a Christian rock band called Destiny. We rocked the area and handed out thousands of pounds of free food to people without jobs or hope. It was fun, powerful and unpredictable. Jesus loves to bless the rejected and the messed up.

So I was not surprised when several messed up people unplugged my speakers in mid-song and actually proceeded to push over the eight-foot tall wooden cross we had put up. 

I was, however, surprised to see that the messed up people trying to stop us, and the message of Christ, were not the homeless. They were members of the church several blocks away!

These men believed they were doing the right thing in stopping us because they thought the devil was in control of our music. Why? People in the Old Testament and throughout the “good old days” didn’t have screaming guitars, tricked-out drum kits or amplifiers. Why, they just knew Jesus would be offended.

“We’re Methodists and we don’t do this,” said a man in a nice suit. “This is America and we don’t need missionaries. We also don’t need you encouraging people to stay, and feeding people who are not welcome in this part of town.”

Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. – 1 John 4:20

Now, I’m not bashing this church or any one denomination. The problem is not the church. The problem is when we partner with a spirit that isn’t the Holy Spirit – the spirit of Religion. 

Religion is always stuck in the past. Religious people just can’t imagine Jesus going to Shanty Town to save the lost because they are certain He’s always in their stained glass church patting them on the back and complimenting them on their expensive suits.

Do you recognize the Spirit of Religion in your past or in your current way of thinking? Turn away from it. 

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO RECOGNIZE THAT JESUS WAS NOT ABOUT FOLLOWING RELIGION’S RULES. HE WAS ABOUT LOVING GOD AND LOVING PEOPLE! MAKE THAT YOUR BATTLE CRY TODAY!

FROM MY BOOK LIVING LIFE FORWARD

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