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DO YOU FEEL WHAT GOD FEELS?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

The Lord will provide you an eye to see and an ear to hear those around you, and will help you to have a word for them in a time of struggle. Get ready to be a blessing and be blessed yourself.

SOMETIMES, FEELING GOD IS FEELING PAIN

There is only one way to make a difference in someone’s life: to have compassion on them. (Jude 1:22) The only way to have compassion on someone is to get involved in their world and to see them the way Father God sees them.

Many times, it takes pain for us to have compassion. Take for instance the witch I met on my first mission trip to Costa Rica. I was with two local boys who had been saved and baptized the night before we trekked into the jungle in search of this notorious spiritualist.

Roseanne was the real deal. For a fee, she would read your fortune, give you a message from beyond the grave or pronounce a curse on your enemy. 

As we got closer to her hut, my spirit bowed up. I knew there was going to be a showdown. One of the boys with me called out to announce our arrival, but Roseanne yelled through the jungle that she didn’t know him and he had to leave.

“She’s known me all my life,” he said, confused. I told him she didn’t recognize him anymore because the Holy Spirit now lived in him.

When we finally met face-to-face, Roseanne was a pitiful creature. She never called the devil by his name. Instead, she referred to him as “my lover” and said that on a full moon, he would visit her bedroom with “distorted music.” 

It turns out, she was tormented and bound in a way I couldn’t imagine. I saw a woman so lonely and self-hating, she’d voluntarily taken up company with a demonic spirit! She had no hope, but inside, I began to see her as the Lord sees her. He wanted to help her. I was filled with compassion. Suddenly, I felt her pain. 

I told her God loved her and wanted to help her, but she said it was not true. She said, “He has never seen me.”

Then out of my Spirit, I said, “That’s not true. He saw you when you were a little girl and your father molested you. Jesus cried when you cried.” I began to tell her the Lord didn’t accuse her – that she was blameless. I told her God had always been there, but the devil had tricked her into thinking God didn’t love her.

She said she knew the devil was a liar, but feared he would kill her if she humbled herself to Jesus. We told her the truth – the devil is a defeated wimp – and before long, she was on her knees alongside us, lifting her hands to the Lord as she received Jesus. 

What touched her heart? The fact that Jesus knew her pain. Sometimes, feeling what God feels means feeling something very painful. Sometimes, it means getting acquainted with grief. Roseanne’s pain was tremendous, but her joy at salvation was tremendous as well.

“Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Lament and mourn and weep! Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.”– James 4:8-10

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO KNOW THAT HUMBLING YOURSELF BEFORE GOD MEANS FEELING HIS PAIN. SOMETIMES, IT’S GOOD TO LET GOD TAKE US TO PLACES THAT DON’T NECESSARILY FEEL GOOD.

FROM MY BOOK SOUL INVASION

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DON’T WAIT FOR A MIRACLE

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

You are a plowman. God has seen the ground you have plowed and the seeds you have planted. Now it is time for the harvest. Sit back and watch your seeds multiply!

BETTER THAN A MIRACLE

Today, I want to hit a home run revelation into your part of the ballpark. If you’ve got your glove on, you could walk away with a new bullet in your arsenal and a new strategy for your spiritual game plan.

There is a balance that needs to be taught concerning miracles. As much as I love miracles, I understand that most of the time, a miracle is a short-term solution to a long-term malfunction. Miracles only happen in the most desperate times and places.  

If you are someone who needs a miracle, I certainly believe God has one for you and that you should reach for it. The balance to that is this: I believe there is a better and more long-term way that God wants you to prosper.

Though miracles are powerful, they are not God’s best and His highest way of prospering His people. Did you get that? Read it again.

The children of Israel wandered in the desert for 40 years and witnessed a survival miracle every day as manna fell from Heaven. The day after they left the wilderness and entered the Promised Land, the miracle of manna ceased. Why?

They had entered in to a whole new set of rules and blessings. You see, there are two main ways the Lord prospers us. The first is “Miracles of Provision.” The second, and much better principle, is called “Seed, Time and Harvest.”

Know this: God wants you to prosper. He would just rather see you mature. Seed, Time and Harvest, aka “work and reward,” is the best way to do that. The alternative isn’t very pretty. 

The only time you need a miracle is when your life (finances, marriage, job, health, safety) is a mess – I mean a major malfunction! Wanting a miracle means you are in a mess! Don’t wait for a miracle. Get out of your mess through by working for the reward!! 

EVERY DAY IS A GOOD DAY TO ASK FOR AND EXPECT A MIRACLE, BUT ASK GOD FOR HIS BEST AND HIGHEST FOR YOU. BE PREPARED TO “WORK AND REWARD” THROUGH THE PRINCIPLE OF SEED, TIME AND HARVEST.

FROM MY BOOK: MIRACLES WITH A MESSAGE

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Episode 2- The Prophetic Prototype of Abraham

In this podcast Pastor Troy tells us how God begins with barrenness.

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Episode 2- Jesus is in Your Point of Pain

In this podcast Pastor Troy talks about when you are wrecked, your perfect for Jesus

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BE THANKFUL!

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Thankfulness is the first step into a relationship with Jesus. As you walk through the gate of thankfulness, you will see Jesus waiting there for you.

AVOID THE CURSE – BE THANKFUL

It’s easy to say “no fair” when people who are more spiritually mature than you, are walking in victory when you’re wading waist deep in defeat. It’s easy and it’s wrong.

Every one of us has stood in a place where we looked at a situation or event and said in our head, “That’s not fair.” Here is a powerful truth to help you conquer that devilish line of thinking. Write this one down: You miss what God has for you when you want what somebody else has. 

If you get upset when someone else prospers, you will never prosper. Jealousy and envy are thought patterns that will leave you miserable. It will also hurt others and tear the church apart. 

Get this: to be jealous or envious is a curse — yes, a curse!

I’ve had good friends I trusted try to cannibalize my ministry. They did all they could to destroy the church. Why? Because they wanted what I had – my relationships, my outreach, my supporters, my ministry connections and my anointing. Not smart enough to seek God for their own vision, they wanted to steal mine! 

Because I never once wanted what they had, it didn’t occur to me that hell was stirring jealousy and envy under their skin. It didn’t occur to me that the very people I loved would look at the good things God was doing in my life and scream, “No fair! I want that!”

The next time you’re thinking, “That’s not fair,” maybe you should consider this: 

It’s not fair that you’re saved and going to Heaven, because a lot of people who were smarter, more successful and just plain better than you, have gone to Hell.

It’s not fair that you have what you have, when people smarter than you have lost everything.It’s not fair that you’ve never experienced imprisonment, torture or starvation when 500 million people around the world live that life right now.It’s not fair that you sit in a cushioned pew free from harassment, arrest, torture and death. Three billion people around the world have to worship God in secret.If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes in your closet, a bed to sleep on and money in your pocket, you have more than 75 percent of this world, and get this – It’s not fair!

The answer to spiritual and physical envy? Focus on being grateful for the gifts and blessing you do have. They belong to you alone and are a gift from a good God who owes you nothing!  

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO THANK THE LORD THAT HE HAS HAD SO MUCH MERCY ON YOU. THANK HIM FOR YOUR BLESSINGS AND REPENT FROM THE CURSE OF SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL ENVY. 

FROM MY BOOK: SOUL INVASION

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HEAVEN APPLAUDS

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

This is a season where you will open your mouth wide and God will fill it. This is not a time to be a wallflower but to speak up and speak out with the wisdom of God. No matter what happens, God loves your efforts. 

HEAVEN APPLAUDS YOUR MISTAKES, REALLY!

Jesus commanded His followers to “make disciples of all the nations.” Yes, you’re to tell others about the greatness of Christ. In doing so, you go after your own greatness — your upgrade to the next level of Jesus Freak. Does God want this for you? You bet He does!

When you multiply the Kingdom, Heaven applauds. But what about when you blow it trying to bring a message of hope to a friend, or fail to be a winning witness to a co-worker? What happens when you mess up?

Heaven applauds!

“…so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it. You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace: the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.” -Isaiah 55:12

Yes, Heaven applauds your effort because you are not charged with the results — God is!  Now, the Devil will try to convince you of just the opposite. He will tell you that God is disappointed — that He is angry at your failure. Did I tell you Satan is the “father of lies” who stands at the throne accusing you day and night? God’s Word says he is.

You see, when you’re afraid to mess up, you freeze up and refuse to move forward. If the enemy can convince you that you are going to get in bad trouble if you don’t do everything perfect, it’s a huge win for Hell. 

The enemy wants you cowering in a corner afraid of the very one who loves you most — Father God. Satan wants to convince you that you are messed up and are always going to mess up, so you might as well just give up. 

We need to be healed of that mess. Yes, healed! Those bloody stripes were to combat ALL the work of the Devil including his lies.

Know that God encourages and empowers you to continuously do great things and live life greatly when you know you’re in good standing with an amazing father. You are loved and He is pleased with you, just like He was pleased after each day of creation. Despite it, and you, being a work in progress, He says, “It is good!” 

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO GET BACK UP, LET THE FATHER DUST YOU OFF AND THEN, SIC ‘EM! AFTER YOU DO, KNOW THE RESULTS ARE UP TO GOD, NOT YOU! 

FROM MY BOOK: LIVING LIFE/ FORWARD

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DO YOU WANT TO HAVE VICTORY?

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

You are a supernatural propeller; you cause a wake to follow behind you wherever you go. You’re a kingdom advancer, who brings others along with them. 

A TASTE FOR VICTORY

Success breeds success. One victory leads to another. That’s why victory must become a lifestyle – aka: momentum

Brother Webster defines momentum like this:

The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.An impelling force of strength.

Momentum starts with action. It needs an impetus or impelling force of strength to begin moving forward. That means you have a responsibility to act. You have to be intentional about upgrade.

Know this: progressive people get more progressive. Learning people get more power to learn. Generous people get more power to give and loving people get more power to love. Awesome is the the power of momentum! 

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. – Matthew 13:12

Never underestimate the power of momentum, especially in your walk with Christ. He hates mediocrity and designed you to chase after upgrade. So many in the church never understand this principle.

But that’s not you!

TODAY IS A GOOD DAY TO TAKE A STEP TOWARD UPGRADE. EACH VICTORY LEADS TO ANOTHER AND YOUR MOMENTUM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE YOU FORWARD!

From my book Living Life /Forward

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HIDE GOD’S WORD IN YOUR HEART

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

I gave you My word because I want a relationship with you. Learn of My ways, My heart and know you are loved. You are my dear child. 

SEEK AND HIDE?

If you get before God and get consecrated to pursue a certain thing – God will bless your pursuit. The Bible says the Lord had sought for someone to love Him with their whole heart. Enter David.

 “…The Lord has sought for Himself a man after His own heart…” – 1 Samuel 13:14

That word “after” literally means “in pursuit of.” David was blessed not because he was a Marvel comic superhero, a Jedi or because he learned more Scripture than anybody else. He was blessed because he was a man after God’s own heart. 

The power of God shows up in the things we pursue concerning the Kingdom. Kingdom power shows up in Kingdom pursuit. If you consider yourself someone who loves God, seek His heart. Seek His ways with a passion! He has given us His thoughts and wishes in His word, the Bible. 

Most people these days have one and that’s nice, but it truly is just a book until you open it and begin to indulge in the very word of God. Read it. Study it. Memorize it. Write it down on scrap paper. Matthew makes it pretty plain for us: 

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.” – Matthew 7:7 

Seek Him then hide His word in your heart as David did. Not only did David know God’s word, he kept his commands and in those times when he fell, David threw himself on the ground and admitted his sin. He begged for forgiveness then got up and did the right thing. He repented and went on loving God in a crazy cool way. 

God blesses pursuit, yes, but all the more so when you’re pursuing His kingdom. God’s word also tells us in Psalms 23 that goodness and mercy will follow us. Ironic how they will follow us when we seek His heart. 

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – REVIVAL

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TRUST GOD’S WORD

TODAY’S PROPHETIC WORD

I will never leave you nor forsake you. Even when I “left” the 99 to find you, I was still with them. I cannot stand for you to be lost. I will prophesy and speak through My Spirit within you. Listen and know I keep My Word.

EVERY JOT AND TITTLE

The prophecies about the birth of Jesus are so important to know and understand. This one might just be my favorite. It’s an obscure prophecy about the birth of Jesus that’s not just about the town he would be born in, it pinpoints the Messiah’s birthplace down to the very square foot.

You might not have ever heard this before but, like the prophecy about Messiah behind born in Bethlehem, this is also in the book of Micah. 

“And you, O tower of the flock, the stronghold of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, even the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem.” – Micah 4:8

What is the tower of the flock? It’s the place where the Levitical shepherds kept newborn lambs that passed the test of being born spotless. They would be sacrificed in the Temple for the sins of the people. Hmmm.

And get this, the Tower of the Flock was in the “Shepherd’s field.” The exact same field that King David watched his flocks in when he was a boy. Jesus is from the line of David. He was literally born in the tower of his “father David” to be a sacrificial lamb for the sins of the world.

But that’s not all! The priests would wrap the lambs in “swaddling clothes” – the ripped up priestly garments covered in the blood of past sacrifices. Instead of throwing them out because they were now unclean, the Levites used them to protect the spotless lambs. That means Jesus was wrapped in the “blood of the sacrificial lamb” from birth!

It gets even better. They also used these cloths to make wicks for the menorah. It’s like they knew Jesus was the light of the world! They didn’t, but God did and He was prophesying it loud and clear at the Tower of the Flock. Check out what the angel said:

“And this shall be a sign unto you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” – Luke 2:12

The Levitical shepherds knew at the words “swaddling clothes” exactly where to look for the Messiah. There was only one place it could be and it’s so prophetic! My friends, God fulfills His prophetic words – every one of them down to the slightest jot or tittle. His word can be trusted. 

FROM MY SERMON SERIES THE INDESCRIBABLE GIFT

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JESUS SAVES

TODAY’S PROPHETIC THOUGHT

Just as I called out to Hagar in the desert and rescued her from death and despair, I blessed her son, Ishmael. He is the son of My friend, Abraham. He is a mighty nation and I love His children. Testify to Me and pray for their deliverance. They are your family too. 

JESUS LOVE MUSLIMS

It’s been a while since I told you a story, so today’s your lucky day. Years ago, Leanna and I were on our first missionary trip to Sierra Leone, Africa. To say it was a rugged place wouldn’t do it justice. This place was raw!

We had been in a mostly Muslim village run by “the Tiki Man” – a witch doctor whom I won over with a few selfies and some applause. We loved on those people and helped them. When it was time to leave, these people who had never taken a bath in their lives, climbed on our bus to take us to civilization and the airport.

When we got there, our bus driver actually ran over a woman in the street, which caused a huge mob to form. They not only pulled our driver off the bus and gave him a beat down, they were rocking the bus, shouting and threatening to push us over.

Not knowing what to do, I told Leanna, “I’m going to act like a crazy man and push my way off this bus and through the crowd. You get behind me and keep your head down!” 

My bride, being way smarter than I am, said, “But Troy, Jesus is going to do something, isn’t He? He always does something for us when we need it.”

Duh! I completely forgot about Jesus. In the midst of the mess and madness, I put my hands in the air and shouted. “Father, in the name of Jesus, let the Prince of Peace be manifest here.” BOOM! The noise stopped and the people just walked away.

Our Muslim brothers and sisters were stunned into silence. Abdul, the guy who had been sitting on my knee for seven hours said, “We know Jesus, but we don’t know Him as the Prince of Peace. He is just a prophet.” So I said, “Abdul, why don’t I pray that you to know Him like I know Him?” Abdul said OK and I did 

Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you…” – Acts 3:6

Several days after I was home, the phone rang and it was Abdul. No joke! He had a dream where he was sitting under a tree reading the Koran when a man he didn’t know gave Him a Bible and told him, “Abdul, read this. It testifies of Me. I Am Jesus, your salvation.” 

My friends, Abdul was calling me from church! Jesus showed up for him just like He showed up for me on that bus. In his dream and when he woke up, Abdul gave his life to Jesus. He called me to see if he should take on a Christian name now that he knew the truth. I said, “He called you by name – Abdul. I’d keep it and tell everyone that Jesus loves Muslims.”

He does and so should you. Pray for their day of visitation so they will know that Jesus isn’t a prophet – He’s their salvation.

FROM MY SERMON SERIES PRAY FOR RAIN – INTIMACY

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